‘Sky won’t fall in’ if you legalise assisted dying, Oz MPs tell Westminster

‘Sky won’t fall in’ if you legalise assisted dying, Oz MPs tell Westminster

As MPs, we have failed to listen to the British public on assisted dying. Our colleagues in Australia and New Zealand, by contrast, have listened to the voices of their constituents, examined the evidence, and passed laws that are safe, compassionate and popular Now it is time for us to do the same. We have … Read more

Family pays tribute to kind-hearted son and brother Kyrus Macalalad who drowned at Stockton Beach

Family pays tribute to kind-hearted son and brother Kyrus Macalalad who drowned at Stockton Beach

A bereaved family has paid tribute to a man who died after being pulled unresponsive from the water during a group rescue in the NSW Hunter Region. Kyrus Macalalad, 33, had been swimming with three friends at Stockton Beach in Port Stephens on Wednesday when the group became caught in a rip. WATCH THE VIDEO … Read more

Father who drowned at Penrith Beach praised as hero for saving lives of his children in selfless final act

Father who drowned at Penrith Beach praised as hero for saving lives of his children in selfless final act

A Sydney dad who drowned at Penrith Beach is being remembered as a hero after his selfless act saved the lives of three of his children. Willmot man Seti Tuaopepe, 35, took three of his children into a designated paddleboarding area at Penrith’s newly opened beach on Boxing Day. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Penrith Beach … Read more

NSW Police re-open cold case in bid to find Ultimo butcher Paul Norton last seen in 1989

NSW Police re-open cold case in bid to find Ultimo butcher Paul Norton last seen in 1989

A 34-year-old cold case has been re-opened by police hoping for answers about a Sydney father whose remains were found years after he disappeared and was likely murdered. Ultimo man Paul Norton, 31, was last seen on April 9, 1989, after spending the day with his sons at Leichhardt Oval watching a Parramatta Eels versus … Read more

‘Ripped off’: The devastation left among Aussie venues after the Karen’s Diner’s collapse

‘Ripped off’: The devastation left among Aussie venues after the Karen’s Diner’s collapse

“Don’t get me started on Karen’s Diner … Karen’s Diner behaved like total Karens.” Andy Pobjoy, one of the owners of Piano Bar Geelong, has bitten his tongue until now about his experience working with Karen’s Diner. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Karen’s Diner closes three stores. Pobjoy is just one of the people involved in … Read more

Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe enters plea on drug-driving charge

Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe enters plea on drug-driving charge

Former Seven TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided another day in court, pleading guilty to drug-driving the day he was scheduled for a court hearing. O’Keefe was pulled over for a roadside test in the salubrious Sydney suburb of Point Piper in January. Police took him for a secondary saliva test and suspended his licence. … Read more

Mars Commercial fined after employee paralysed in fall at Sydney worksite

Mars Commercial fined after employee paralysed in fall at Sydney worksite

A NSW company has been fined more than $400,000 after a worker became paralysed in a fall at a construction site. Martin Comiskey, who had 20 years’ experience as a qualified carpenter, was subcontracted to work at a site in Sydney’s CBD in November 2020 when he fell about 7-8m down a void, from a … Read more

Calls to free Palestinian refugee detained in Australia for a decade

Calls to free Palestinian refugee detained in Australia for a decade

Down and out from a decade in Australian immigration detention, Khaled El Ali’s heart sank even further when he learned his first cousin and his young family had been killed in Gaza. Mr El Ali, 37, is a stateless Palestinian man born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees who were never granted Lebanese citizenship and only … Read more