A Sydney man says a surprise plan to take his parents overseas has been dashed after he was duped out of $50,000 in a cruel scam. HSBC Australia customer Gerald Chin told 7NEWS.com.au his nightmare started when he received what he thought was an innocuous text from his bank asking him to call them on … Read more
Sydney motorists faced heavy traffic on a major motorway after a car crashed in the city’s southwest. Emergency services were called to the M5 Mwy just past Camden Valley Wy in Preston about 10am Monday after a car rolled. A NSW Police spokesperson said all occupants were safely freed from the vehicle. Watch the latest … Read more
A new mother enduring excruciating pain, bleeding and bruising from a severe birth injury was dismissed with one short sentence: “you’ve just had a baby”. It is one of many stories set to be aired at the NSW parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma, sitting in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday. The committee, which has received 4000 … Read more
Commonwealth Bank is cutting almost 200 jobs across three Australian capital cities, blaming a downturn in retail banking, a union representing workers said. The Financial Sector Union said, following talks with Commonwealth Bank Australia, 192 jobs would be cut from Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in sectors including consumer finance, everyday banking, home buying operations and … Read more
An on-call firefighter has died while battling a fire at an Airbnb northwest of Sydney. About 8am on Tuesday, emergency services were called to a house fire on Grose Vale Rd in Grose Vale, about 10km west of Richmond. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Firefighter dies in Sydney house fire. Watch the latest news and stream … Read more
A man and a young boy have died in a light plane crash 25km west of Grafton in the northeast of NSW. Emergency services were called to Winegrove Rd in Lilydale at 8.50am on Tuesday following reports a light plane had crashed into power lines. It’s understood the plane then nose-dived into a rocky riverbed … Read more
Palestinians who have applied for their families to arrive in Australia on temporary visas say they are being left in the lurch after the federal government told them it cannot assist the evacuation of non-immediate family members from the war zone. The Department of Home Affairs announced last month that 860 temporary visas were approved … Read more
Australians may have a Christmas present waiting for them in the form of unclaimed money. More than $582 million worth of unclaimed money is waiting to be collected by over a million Australians, according to statistics released by the NSW state revenue. Much of the unclaimed funds come from uncashed cheques and payments, unclaimed refunds, … Read more
A firefighter who died battling a house blaze has been remembered as a man with a “vibrant spirit” who made the ultimate professional sacrifice. Michael Kidd, 51, died on December 12 after being hit by a falling wooden beam while fighting a blaze that engulfed a house in Grose Vale, in Sydney’s outer northwest. WATCH … Read more
A truck fire has shut part of a busy Sydney motorway, with motorists warned of “significant delays”. Emergency services were called to a truck fire on the M5 East at Kingsgrove just before 11am Friday. The motorway has been shut westbound at Kingsgrove Rd, with two city-bound lanes also closed. Watch the latest news and … Read more
