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Family pay tribute to ‘loving and devoted father’ after Lithgow crash
Two people died and 15 were injured in the horror crash attended by more than 80 emergency personnel.
- by Angus Thomson and Amber Schultz
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Two dead, one child critical after horror crash involving 21 people west of Sydney
More than 80 emergency personnel responded to what police have described as a “confronting” scene after five vehicles collided on a highway outside Lithgow.
- by Anthony Segaert
Teen killed in ‘nightmare’ shark attack remembered as talented surfer
Khai Cowley, the 15-year-old boy fatally mauled at an isolated beach on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula, came from a family with a passion for surfing.
- by Jacob Shteyman
Teenage boy killed by shark at remote South Australian beach
A teenager has died following a shark attack off South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
- by Jacob Shteyman
Boy killed by falling tree branch in Victoria’s north
The boy was with family on a property in Gowangardie, near Shepparton, when he was hit by the large branch following days of wild weather.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Alex Crowe
Toddler drowns in backyard pool, search for missing teenager called off
The two-year-old girl died after she was pulled from a backyard pool in northern NSW. Police have also suspended the search for a teenager swept out to sea on the South Coast.
- by Samantha Lock and Angus Dalton
‘Forever broken’: Family of volunteer firefighter who died fighting Esperance blaze speak out
“We are immensely proud of Harry and all that he achieved and at 20 we thought it was just the beginning.”
- by Holly Thompson
Older swimmers urged to take care as 10 people drown since Christmas Eve
Nine of the 10 died in Qld and NSW, with the Christmas to New Year period claiming more Australian lives than any other time.
- by Duncan Murray
Search continues for South Coast swimmer as man drowns near Newcastle
Khattab Abu Haish has been missing since going to the aid of family members struggling in the surf near Moruya. Meanwhile, a 33-year-old man died after being pulled from the water at Stockton Beach.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Angus Dalton
Three die on fishing trip during ‘raging storm’, eight cling to boat
The trio died after their yacht capsized off Brisbane, while several others survived by clinging to the wreckage.
- by Cloe Read
Two people die in state’s east as storm disrupts Boxing Day Test
A man died in Caringal near Rawson after a tree branch fell on him just after 9am, while weather stopped play for almost three hours at the MCG.
- by Lachlan Abbott