A controversial rock concert set to play out in the centre of Sydney on Anzac Day has prompted furore from a veterans group as promoters look for another venue. The Pandemonium concert in the Domain, headlined by rockers Alice Cooper and Placebo, was scheduled to take place near the annual Anzac Day march through the … Read more
Locations where sharks have been captured and tagged, then released in Sydney’s waterways, have been revealed following an attack in the city’s eastern suburbs on Monday. Lauren O’Neill, 29, was bitten on the leg while swimming near an Elizabeth Bay jetty at dusk on Monday. The shark was most likely a bull shark, NSW Department … Read more
The woman attacked by a shark in Sydney Harbour and her family have released a statement sharing details of the attack, which left her with critical injuries. Lauren O’Neill, 29, was set upon by the ocean predator in waters off Elizabeth Bay just before 8pm on Monday. “Lauren was taking a short dip close to … Read more
A teenage boy has sustained serious head injuries falling from a Sydney train, with major delays across a number of train lines as a result. The boy, aged in his mid-teens, is understood to have fallen from the train at St Peters. Paramedics were called to Bedwin Rd at St Peters about 5.45am. Watch the … Read more
A Sydney woman was handed a $387 fine when she was caught with her mobile phone in her hand — but it wasn’t just her phone, the device was still mounted in the hands-free cradle at the time. The confused act prompted NSW Police to publicly clarify the road rule, which allows drivers in the … Read more
When then-21-year-old Jacob Blackwell started slurring his words and stumbling up the hallway last year, his housemates assumed he was on drugs. They sent a text, hours later, to his mother, Chelsea Blackwell, telling her they believed it would be best if her son moved out of the sharehouse. Meanwhile, a potentially deadly infection was … Read more
A police operation is underway in Sydney’s north after a group of men dressed in balaclavas and holding Australian flags boarded a train. The train was terminated at North Sydney station on Friday afternoon because of the operation. “A police operation is underway at (the) railway station in North Sydney,” NSW Police said. Watch the … Read more
The family of a man who died in a crash shortly after NSW Police called off a pursuit of him are demanding answers about the incident. Police say Adam Moore was unlicensed and riding a stolen motorbike when he crashed into a parked truck at the intersection of Maxwell Ave and Elizabeth Dr at Mt … Read more
A mother, 31, has been charged with attempted murder after she and her seven-year-old daughter crashed on the Great Western Hwy at Katoomba on Monday morning. Her Hyundai collided head-on with a truck and was sent careering into bushland, where it burst into flames just after 6am, NSW Police said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Witnesses … Read more
More than 16,000 people in Sydney were left without power in a mass outage on Wednesday morning. The outage started about 5.50am and affected 16,620 customers in Sydney’s inner west. Ausgrid identified the suburbs of Leichhardt, Balmain, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Rozelle, Abbotsford, Birchgrove, Balmain East, Russell Lea, Wareemba and Rodd Point as being affected. Watch … Read more
