Car allegedly stolen in Queensland crashes into 30 cars in Sydney’s inner suburb Surry Hills

Four people including a 12-year-old boy have been arrested after a 4WD allegedly stolen in Queensland crashed into dozens of cars in Sydney’s inner city. The Toyota LandCruiser was spotted late on Thursday driving dangerously in Surry Hills before officers tried to pull it over. The 4WD took off, triggering a short chase before it … Read more

‘Chilled’ Surfers Paradise Schoolies with arrests, attendance down a sign of declining teen drinking

“People are more just, like, they don’t want to come and get smashed every night. They just want to go and do something more chilled, hang out with their friends.” It’s a comment to 7NEWS by one school leaver that sums up the apparent trend in attitudes of revellers at annual Schoolies celebrations on the … Read more

Three deaths at Howard Springs COVID facility during forced quarantine probed in inquiry

An inquest into the deaths of three people during forced COVID quarantine at Howard Springs will examine the legality of their detention and the adequacy of their care. David Hardy, 77, Raylene Dick, 50, and Karen Bading, 56, were all classified as deaths in custody. The trio had been diagnosed with or suspected to have … Read more

Assisted dying laws come into effect in NSW

Shayne Higson still vividly remembers the trauma of watching her 77-year-old mother succumb to multiple brain tumours. “She didn’t want to suffer at the end stage,” Higson told AAP. “But there was nothing her doctor could do to treat her and it was also not legal to assist someone’s death.” Watch the latest news on … Read more

Girl spotted in basket of bike while she and woman riding without helmets on the Gold Coast

A woman has risked hundreds of dollars in fines, riding a bicycle with a young girl in the front basket on the Gold Coast – with neither wearing a helmet. Footage shows the girl in her school uniform sitting in the basket while the woman pedaled the electric bike in Surfers Paradise on Wednesday morning. … Read more

Mourners to farewell SA Police Commissioner Grant Steven’s son, Charlie, at twilight service

South Australians will gather to mourn the loss of a young man who most would have never met, but whose death in an alleged hit-and-run incident has deeply touched people across the state. Charlie Stevens, the son of the state’s Police Commissioner Grant Stevens, died on November 18 after sustaining irreversible brain injuries — triggering … Read more

Teen arrested in surf of Surfers Paradise beach after alleged pharmacy robbery

A teen who allegedly robbed a pharmacy has been arrested in the surf of a Gold Coast beach. The 19-year-old man is accused of trying to dump the medications he allegedly stole from the Surfers Paradise Boulevard pharmacy in the surf about 11pm on Wednesday. He held up staff of the business with a knife … Read more

SA mourners join Police Commissioner Grant Stevens to farewell ‘force of nature’ Charlie Stevens

More than 1000 South Australians have gathered to mourn the loss of a young man most had never met but whose death has deeply touched people across the state. Charlie Stevens, the son of the state’s Police Commissioner Grant Stevens, died on November 18 after sustaining irreversible brain injuries in an alleged hit-and-run incident, triggering … Read more

Man dying of lung cancer shares deathbed confession with his daughter

Thomas Randele was dying of lung cancer and had a secret. In March of 2021, with his daughter at his bedside in suburban Boston after his first chemotherapy session, he made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and had been one for more than five decades. More than 50 years earlier, when he was … Read more