An elderly man has appeared in court after being charged with the attempted shooting murder of a 77-year-old lawyer in a Sydney CBD office. Solicitor Van Cooney was shot during the alleged attack by pensioner Sinve Vulic, 79, about 12.50pm on Wednesday at the lawyer’s office. The premises are close to a major Sydney court … Read more
A youth worker who was supervising a 13-year-old Queensland boy in state care, when he drowned at a Cedar Creek Falls on April 8, 2021 has been cleared of fault in a coronial inquest. The young boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, ignored his carer’s instructions to stay out of the turbulent and … Read more
Qantas has agreed to pay compensation to a worker who was stood down and isolated from colleagues after directing others not to clean planes arriving from China early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline is set to be fined after being found guilty last year of breaching workplace health and safety laws. Theo Seremetidis, a … Read more
COVID-19 vaccine mandates for Queensland police and ambulance service workers were made unlawfully, the state’s Supreme Court has found. The court on Tuesday delivered its judgments in three lawsuits brought by 86 parties against Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service for their directions to workers issued in 2021 and 2022. The judgments did not … Read more
Security cameras have captured a terrifying surprise gangland attack carried out in an underground carpark in Sydney. Vailena Koloamatangi, 27, was leaving his Campsie apartment block with a friend on September 12 when he was ambushed. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New CCTV emerges of attempted gangland assassination in Sydney. Stream your local 7NEWS free on … Read more
A 48-year-old Port Pirie man has slapped with a suspended prison sentence for drowning his former housemate’s husky in what a magistrate called “a horrible and cruel death”. The husky, named Tessa, was found inside a 240L wheelie bin filled with water at an address in Solomontown in Port Pirie, about 225km northwest of Adelaide, … Read more
A woman has been served a notice to appear in court over a crash that seriously injured Queensland Greens MP Amy MacMahon. South Brisbane MP MacMahon remains in hospital after the two-car collision at a busy Brisbane intersection on February 12. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Moment Queensland MP is seriously injured in crash Stream your … Read more
Two teenage boys have been given detention orders after retired Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and three family members were stabbed in a violent home invasion. The youths faced Brisbane Children’s Court on Thursday for sentencing after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to offences committed when they were aged 13 and 15, including intentionally causing … Read more
Over six years after the death of a woman who underwent an illegal breast-augmentation procedure, the purported doctor who performed the procedure is facing a trial. Jie Shao flew from China to Australia in August 2017 to perform breast enhancement on Jean Huang, who operated the Medi Beauty Clinic in the inner-Sydney suburb of Chippendale. … Read more
More than 100,000 car owners have been ripped off by “unfair” Toyota dealer loans, a law firm claims. Melbourne-based firm Echo Law is seeking compensation for Toyota Finance customers, who they say were slugged hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs because of a hidden dealership incentive. For years, Toyota Finance and its dealerships … Read more
