NSW & ACT
Rex factor too realistic for some
DINOSAURS have sent a Jurassic spark of fear through terrified children at Terrigal Beach. The gimmicky marketing costumes were so realistic younger kids fled in terror.
AFP seize items from terror raid house
UPDATE: POLICE have returned to a house in Melbourne’s north, as a fourth alleged suicide bomber was remanded for alleged plans to blow up parts of Melbourne on Christmas Day.
Police investigating two cars on fire
POLICE and emergency services were called to Jannali after reports of a car fire.
New movie to spark kelpie craze
THE prequel to smash-hit movie Red Dog is expected to dominate box offices on its Boxing Day release — and dog breeders are also gearing up for a renewed interest in all things kelpie.
Concerns for missing Sydney train guard
SOCIAL media community pages have gone into overdrive, with calls for help to find missing Sydney woman Erin Duffy.
Missing former NRL star’s tragic end
TO HIS mates, Chad Robinson was the life of the party. But the highs he experienced were often accompanied by agonising lows.
Sydney suburb technology forgot
ONE Sydney suburb, on the fringe of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, is just 29km as the crow flies from the Sydney CBD but is without reliable internet and mobile phone coverage.
Woman dies in hospital toilet
A WOMAN has died in the waiting room toilets of the Royal Prince Alfred hospital after she had been in there for more than an hour.
Hefty $1 million fine for dumping
A LANDOWNER may have to cough up $1 million after contaminated land fill was found on their property, one of nine under investigation in Sydney’s west.
Woollahra faces merger after court loss
WOOLLAHRA Council has spent nearly $800,000 in ratepayer cash fighting a merger and might spend more trying to overturn today’s second knock-back.
Key workers forced to sleep in cars
ESSENTIAL workers like police, nurses and teachers are increasingly unable to afford to live near work with some shift workers forced to couch surf or sleep in their car to cope.
Yes, Sydney is ‘abysmally lame’
A NEW ad was supposed to attract people to Sydney but it’s more likely to drive everyone to its cooler cousin, Melbourne, instead.
Illegal election pamphlet case adjourned
EAST HILLS state independent MP Glenn Brookes has given evidence at the trial of his former campaign manager and ex-Bankstown councillor Jim Daniel before the case was adjourned until March 2017.
‘The most serious corruption’
FORMER NSW Labor Minister Eddie Obeid will appeal a five year jail term. But Premier Mike Baird intends to deliver the one-time pollie another blow.
Footage from violent brawl in Sydney CBD
ONE man was taken to hospital after a fight broke out between two groups of people on George Street just before midnight.
Brother jailed for assaulting boys
A FORMER Central Coast school principal was jailed last week for a minimum of three years over historical assaults against young boys.
Christian Lobby explosion not ‘ideologically motivated’
AN EXPLOSION at the headquarters of the Australian Christian Lobby was not ‘religiously, politically or ideologically motivated’ say Police.
Jealous girlfriend’s extreme lengths to troll lover
A SUSPICIOUS girlfriend misused her power as a police staffer to harass and troll a boyfriend she thought was cheating on her.
Alleged attacker ‘with mum six weeks’
THE man accused of a horrifying attack that left a two-year-old girl fighting for life is understood to have been dating the toddler’s mother for just six weeks.
No bail for pair accused of ‘bestiality attack’
UPDATE: Two men accused of bestiality and torture in relation to 12-year-old Polly the pig and several chickens on the NSW north coast have been refused bail.
One-year ice probe ends in arrests
A LAKE Macquarie gym instructor has been arrested in front of clients and charged with large-scale drug supply as $100,000, a BMW and drugs were seized.
Lucky faces conspiracy to defraud charge
EXCLUSIVE: Convicted criminal and former boxer Lucky Gattellari has appeared before a Sydney court today charged with conspiracy to defraud businessman Ron Medich.