Kids saw mother die in ride tragedy

Dreamworld horror
Kids saw mother die in ride tragedy

TWO children watched in horror as their mother, her brother and his partner, and another woman were killed in a freak ride accident at Dreamworld yesterday. Kate Goodchild, her brother Luke Dorsett and his partner Roozi Araghi all perished in the horror accident.

‘My whole family has been wiped out’

EXCLUSIVE: THE mother of two people killed after the Thunder River Rapids raft flipped at Dreamworld says her “whole family has been wiped out” by the tragic accident.

Dreamworld: ‘It felt like a horror film’

Dreamworld: ‘It felt like a horror film’

TWO Dreamworld patrons yesterday recounted how a number of ride breakdowns in the lead-up to the river ride tragedy created a “bad feeling” akin to that from watching the horror movie Final Destination.

Conveyor belt system the suspect

Conveyor belt system the suspect

INVESTIGATORS will spend weeks scouring the Dreamworld accident scene and interviewing witnesses in an all-out effort to confirm the exact cause of the tragedy.

Shooting victim was ‘contract killer’

Shooting victim was ‘contract killer’

UPDATE: THE man gunned down in front of his 12-year-old son at their western Sydney home was a contract killer involved in a number of murders and shootings.

Gym junkies dupe docs with sex life struggles

Gym junkies dupe docs with sex life struggles

DESPERATE bodybuilders are tricking GPs into prescribing steroids by faking problems with their sex life with online forums filled with tips for the gym junkies on how to “obtain gear ­legally”.

Payne running out of options to defend Cup crown

Payne running out of options to defend Cup crown

JUST 12 months after becoming the first woman to win the race that stops a nation, Michelle Payne 32 yet to secure a ride for next Tuesday’s main event. Her hopes now rest with a billionaire sheik.

68 Aussies killed in total fighting for ISIS

68 Aussies killed in total fighting for ISIS

MORE than 30 Australians have been killed fighting alongside Islamic State in Syria and Iraq since July last year.

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Time to sterilise drug-addicted parents

Miranda Devine Time to sterilise drug-addicted parents

OPINION: DOES anyone seriously think it’s a good idea to provide a taxpayer-funded nanny to an ice addict who already has had eight children removed by welfare authorities?

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Opinion Reform is not a dirty word

OPINION: ALL of a sudden reform is a dirty word in the Baird government — understandable once you have banned an entire industry and had to reverse the decision.

4 Nations

Four Nations Meninga selects five debutants for Scots

KANGAROOS coach Mal Meninga has named five debutants in his squad for Friday’s Four Nations opener against Scotland in Hull.

A-League: WSW v Sydney FC

FFA Cup final ‘It’s a slap in the face to all Sydney FC fans’

SYDNEY FC’s chairman has launched a scathing attack on the FFA after the governing body elected to hold the FFA Cup final in Melbourne rather than at Allianz Stadium.

GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Tampa, Florida

‘He was getting laid like crazy’

LIVE BLOG: A prominent writer has made shocking new claims about what went on at Donald Trump’s lavish parties in the 1990s. Almost nothing was off-limits.

Australia Training Session

Controversy Boof bites back at Clarke accusations

THE fallout from Michael Clarke’s controversial book continued as Darren Lehmann denied claims he demands too much power and control of the national team.

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Great white shark with its main four fins swimming in the Pacific Ocean at Guadalupe Island in Mexico

Greens want proven shark nets gone

THOUSANDS of surfers and swimmers would be at risk under a Greens plan to ­remove shark nets from beaches and scrap a plan for more drumlines that catch man-eating beasts.

New squeeze Edelsten: ‘Sensational chemistry’ with new girlfriend

Edelsten: ‘Sensational chemistry’ with new girlfriend

HE’S 73 years old and just inherited a multimillion-dollar fortune, but Geoffrey Edelsten says his latest young love is attracted to him only because of his intelligence and university degrees.

Abuse allegations Failure to report abuse a ‘catastrophic failure’

Failure to report abuse a ‘catastrophic failure’

THE FACT four senior leaders at The King’s School failed to report an alleged indecent assault to police despite advice they should was a “catastrophic failure”, a Royal Commission has heard.

Comment Can Titans build on 2016’s success?

Can Titans build on 2016’s success?

FINAL VERDICT: There was a lot to like about the Titans in 2016 but they could still become the basket cases of the NRL if they don’t work hard to build on the success they found.

Another case Foster care group in new abuse case

Foster care group in new abuse case

EXCLUSIVE: A foster carer charged with sexually assaulting and drugging a 14-year-old girl was being managed by the same organisation operating the facility where Girl X died of a drug overdose.

Magpie Attack

Magpie deaths
Mystery as illness strikes magpies

THEY are best known for swooping and terrorising pedestrians but now it is the predatory magpies who are fighting for their lives. A mystery illness has struck down record numbers of the black-and-white birds this year.

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Dreamworld remains closed over fatal accident

Dreamworld remains closed over fatal accident

Dreamworld will remain closed on Wednesday while police examine how 4 people died on a water raft ride.

Demolition of Calais 'Jungle' camp under way

Demolition of Calais 'Jungle' camp under way

Demolition of the Calais 'Jungle' refugee camp is now underway as thousands of refugees prepare to leave.

Trump says voter fraud is "very, very common", but is it?

Trump says voter fraud is "very, very common", but is it?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and some experts warn of voter fraud in the coming election, but elections officials say that's not likely. Diane Hodges reports.

AFL to play on Good Friday

AFL to play on Good Friday

AFL: North Melbourne and Western Bulldogs will play on Good Friday in 2017.

NRL

Member of the Kangaroos Four Nations Squad, James Maloney, listens to a question during a press conference in Sydney on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. The 2016 Rugby League Four Nations tournament will be played in England in October and November with the series being contested by Australia, England, New Zealand and Scotland. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

Meninga selects five debutants for Scots

KANGAROOS coach Mal Meninga has named five debutants in his squad for Friday’s Four Nations opener against Scotland in Hull.

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NRL Rd 23 - Bulldogs v Sea Eagles

Sea Eagles Taupau names the player to revive Manly

MANLY Sea Eagles wrecking ball Martin Taupau has revealed the player who is key to turning around the NRL club’s fortunes next season.

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Request rejected Smith refuses to miss Four Nations opener

KANGAROOS skipper Cameron Smith has rejected a request from Mal Meninga to be rested for Australia’s clash against Scotland.

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Boost Titans book Hayne plane for a run at Nines

THE NRL Nines has received a boost, with the Titans to roll out Jarryd Hayne for the pre-season tournament in Auckland in February.

Warriors promised so much, gave little

Comment Warriors promised so much, gave little

FINAL VERDICT: They had the talent and they had the performances to play finals football. But once again the Warriors failed to live up to expectations.

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Sole survivor Australian Survivor winner crowned

SPOILER ALERT: It’s been a dream come true for the sole remaining Survivor, who has beaten the odds and taken out the competition by a landslide.

Multiple Fatalities After Ride Accident At Dreamworld

Dreamworld tragedy Inside the Dreamworld nightmare

This was the Dreamworld car park as no one ever wanted to see it. Just before 4pm, in an area where buses would normally have been waiting to carry happy and tired souls home, a scene was playing out that represented the theme park’s worst nightmare.

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TV ratings Edwina says race is still wide open

AS the breakfast TV ratings battle ends, Edwina Bartholomew wants fans and pundits to hold their horses when it comes to counting out Sunrise.

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Blanchett, Bullock spotted on set of Ocean’s Eight

Ocean’s Eight stars have come together to start filming, with Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock spotted on the set of the upcoming spin-off together in New York.

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Princess probe King to answer paternity claims in court

FORMER Belgian King Albert II will appear in court for a paternity suit brought by an artist who has claimed for more than a decade that she is his child.

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Tray chic Revealed: The Mercedes of utes

YOU call that a ute? Mercedes-Benz joins the booming workhorse market with a ute too good to scratch.

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Craigslist killing ‘Come have your way with my wife’

THE husband of a pregnant sex worker allegedly murdered by a client she met on Craigslist has revealed in a US court he helped pimp her out.

GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Tampa, Florida

Election forecast Professor predicts Trump victory

DONALD Trump has falsely claimed every poll has him winning the US election. But one professor’s model shows it may actually happen.

Migrants Leave The Jungle Refugee Camp In Calais

‘Jungle’ demolition ‘Jungle’ demolition: ‘Hope is finished’

CREWS with police escorts have begun demolishing the notorious “Jungle” camp in France, as thousands of refugees and migrants were taken to shelters.

Person not to be identified image has been blurred. A scandal has engulfed an elite private Sydney school following the arrest of a female teacher in Camperdown yesterday. Police have confirmed a 33 year old teacher has been charged with child sex offences over an alleged sexual relationship with a 17 year old male student. The woman was charged with indecent assault and six counts of sexual intercourse with a person under care between 17 and 18 years. The identity of the teacher and the school involved, which lists prime ministers among its alumni, cannot be named for legal reasons.

Revealed Sydney Grammar in teacher sex scandal

A PREGNANT teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old male student has failed in her bid to have the name of the exclusive Sydney school where she works suppressed.

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Boost Titans book Hayne plane for a run at Nines

THE NRL Nines has received a boost, with the Titans to roll out Jarryd Hayne for the pre-season tournament in Auckland in February.

Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis (R) of Australia waits inside a holding cell before his trial at a court in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on October 18, 2016. Prosecutors have accused Melbourne-born Ellis of molesting 24 children since 2014. / AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Shocking details Paedophile jailed in ‘toughest’ sentence

AN Australian man has been found guilty of multiple paedophile crimes against young girls in one of the heaviest sentences ever handed down in Bali for this type of offence.

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Bong wars Gran’s offer to thieving pot heads

JULIA MCCALL may be a green thumb, but she’s got no time for thieving marijuana users. The Sydney grandmother has decided to make peace with local pot smokers by offering free hose.

‘I pressed the ignition button, then boom’

Carnage ‘I pressed the ignition button, then boom’

A BONDI JUNCTION man says he is “grateful to be alive” after suffering burns to his face and arms when a gas heater exploded when he hit the ignition button and tore his apartment to shreds.

Historic estate to fetch $6.5m

Grand home Historic estate to fetch $6.5m

ONE of Bellevue Hill’s oldest estates is up for sale with a price estimate of about $6.5m. It’s the only the third time it has been for sale since it was built in 1914.

Central Coast emergency services stock pics

Gosford Correction concerning Paul Anderson

THE Express Advocate unreservedly regrets any hurt or embarrassment caused to Paul Anderson in an article published in October last year on Gosford council’s finances.

Myuran Sukumaran Another Day in Paradise Art Exhibition

Sydney Festival Bali 9 artworks’ world premiere

A SERIES of powerful artworks by executed Bali 9 member Myuran Sukumaran will have their world premiere at Campbelltown Arts Centre as part of the Sydney Festival in January.

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Cramped kids Yes minister, the schools are full

VAUCLUSE MP Gabrielle Upton promised parents in a meeting on Monday to raise their concerns about overcrowding in Bondi schools with Education Minister Adrian Piccoli.

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Top achiever From tough trek to poster girl

STUDENT Maryam Al-Wakeel’s success in science competition is all the more remarkable for amazing life-and-death journey from Iraq.

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Swimming with Sea Lions, Baird Bay Ocean Eco Experience Baird Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia Image supplied by South Australian Tourism Commission Mandatory credit: SATC / John Montesi Restrictions: Tourism Purposes Only

Aussie state named fifth best in world

Lonely Planet has revealed the next big things for 2017 naming an Australian state in the world’s top regions. You may be surprised.

Melbourne puts Sydney Airport on notice

Airport wars Melbourne puts Sydney Airport on notice

LOOK out Sydney, Melbourne is plotting to overtake you as Australia’s ‘chosen international gateway’ revealing grand plans for its airport.