Police are appealing for help from the public after a pedestrian was hit by a car and critically injured in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. The 64-year-old man was hit by a Toyota Yaris on the Old Hume Hwy in Mittagong at about 10am on Monday. Bystanders performed CPR on the pedestrian, and … Read more
A mother-of-two has died following a workplace accident inside a NSW bakery which she owned with her husband. Thuy Le, 49, was found unconscious inside the Erskine Park Bakery on the corner of Swallow Dr and Peppertree Dr at about 9am on Saturday. She was treated by paramedics before being taken to Nepean Hospital where … Read more
A Sydney father who murdered his newborn son by shaking him will spend at least 12 and a half years behind bars. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of one count of murder earlier this year. He was sentenced in the same court on … Read more
A NSW police officer who groomed and coerced a teenager into sex after meeting her while on duty has been jailed for at least three years. Matthew Robert Townsend admitted pursuing the 15-year-old after taking a statement from her when she was physically assaulted at school. The 29-year-old former probationary constable pursued the schoolgirl using … Read more
A revered rural fire captain has died while responding to a car blaze in regional New South Wales, just hours after a firefighter was killed in a house blaze in Sydney. Group Captain Dale Bowles is being remembered as “energetic, dedicated and accomplished” following a fatal medical episode on the way to the fire in … Read more
A lost love for letters means posties will only deliver them to most Australians every second day, but parcels will still be dropped off daily. After recording a $200 million loss, Australia Post is shifting its priorities to packages, with half a billion parcels delivered to people in the last financial year. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more
Two pedestrians and several cars were hit as chaos erupted at a Coles carpark in Sydney’s southwest on Thursday morning. An elderly man, who police say was driving the out-of-control car, and a pedestrian were taken to hospital. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Out-of-control car hits two pedestrians in shopping centre carpark. Watch the latest news … Read more
Kathleen Folbigg — who spent two decades in prison after being convicted of killing her four children — has had her name cleared after the NSW Court of Appeal quashed her convictions. Folbigg, 55, was pardoned and released from prison in May, following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions … Read more
Kathleen Folbigg has made an emotional statement outside a Sydney courthouse after she was acquitted of murder and manslaughter convictions over the deaths of her four children. Folbigg, 55, was released from prison after 20 years earlier this year after being pardoned following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions … Read more
The elderly mother of a champion surfer who died after a one-punch attack on the NSW mid-north coast says he was the victim of a “human shark”. In an emotional victim impact statement read to the Newcastle District Court on Wednesday, the surfer Chris “Davo” Davidson’s sister, Carlie Maudson, said his family had been left … Read more
