Moss Vale mother-of-four Kylie Smith was feeding her four-week-old daughter at home when she noticed her baby was going “blue in the face”. She rushed her to the hospital, where little Laurah-Rose Geenen was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and hypertension — a condition which, at the time, Smith had no idea about, nor what … Read more
7NEWS journalist Rosanna Natoli has been declared the new Sunshine Coast Council mayor, after a nearly two-week wait on election results. Natoli takes over the role from current Mayor Mark Jamieson, who has been in office since 2012. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: 7NEWS reporter Rosanna Natoli declared new mayor of Sunshine Coast Council. Newsletters: Breaking … Read more
Construction company Main Facilities has gone bust after over a decade reshaping the state. The state government contractor which worked on commercial projects across the education, justice, and health sectors entered administration last Wednesday. Vanguard Insolvency Australia liquidator Mohammad Najjar was appointed as the administrator to oversee the future of the company, according to ASIC. … Read more
Two Sydney buskers have been captured clashing in one of the city’s busiest spots after a local violinist claimed a young singer was breaking the unwritten rules of busking. Singer Widya Tjong found a seemingly empty spot and set up her microphone, belting out six songs in Pitt St Mall, outside Westfield Sydney, before another … Read more
Thousands of rental bonds have been forgotten or forgone in Queensland since 1990, and the collective sum has now accumulated to a whopping $56 million. Most of the 120,000 outstanding bond payments are worth about $465 and the refund can be claimed at any time. The uncollected sums account for just 4.5 per cent of … Read more
A Queensland driver caught with what appears to be a mobile phone on their lap in Upper Coomera has questioned the penalty that arrived in their mailbox on Thursday. There was no evidence that the device was turned on, but that didn’t help the driver. On social media, the driver vented their frustration, and said … Read more
As glitter and feather remnants disappear from Sydney’s Oxford St following last weekend’s Mardi Gras parade, construction works are kicking off on the thoroughfare. It’s the beginning of a 1km cycleway on the west end of Oxford St that will aim to make cycling simpler and safer for thousands of commuters and locals daily. The … 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
The owner of a beloved tourist attraction and gravity-defying art installation west of Bundaberg has been warned it may soon be taken down due to neighbour complaints. Residents have started a petition to preserve Jim Sauer’s Row Of Machinery in South Kolan, and in a surprise twist, the local mayor says he has also signed … Read more
Many drivers suspect council parking rangers have quotas to fill, and now secret City of Sydney documents have exposed the pressure on inspectors to fine drivers who step out of line. Titled ‘Parking Ranger Goals’, the papers, seen by 7NEWS, show that inspectors are expected to be “highly productive”, issuing fines for a “variety of … Read more
