Boy dies while being transported to hospital after being struck by Ford at Glossop Street in North St Marys
A four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car in Sydney’s west.
Emergency services were called to a Glossop Street in North St Marys just after noon on Monday after receiving reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car.
Continue reading...Night skies will light up on New Year’s Eve to welcome in 2025. Here’s your guide to child-friendly shows plus what time and where to see the fireworks in Sydney, Melbourne and across the country
Night skies across Australia will light up on New Year’s Eve to herald the beginning of 2025.
Whether you are in a capital city or regional town, there are fireworks displays scheduled early in the night – for children, and those wishing to hit the hay early – and at midnight, for people counting down to the new year.
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Continue reading...The country has recorded more than 30 drowning deaths in December, including multiple fatalities over the weekend
A 21-year-old man has died while swimming in a river on Canberra’s southern edge, bringing the number of drowning deaths around Australia in December alone to more than 30.
The man was swimming in the Murrumbidgee River at Pine Island reserve, near Tuggeranong, with family and friends on Sunday afternoon but failed to resurface.
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Continue reading...Two men from Victoria and South Africa are charged with trafficking the drug into Australia
Two men are accused of trafficking 200kg of cocaine into Australia in a clandestine plot involving a small aircraft, a remote airstrip and night-vision goggles.
Australian federal police arrested a Victorian man, 48, and a South African national, 44, in Perth’s central business district at 6pm on Saturday after an investigation that began in October.
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Continue reading...Drowning deaths in 2024 were overwhelmingly male, accounting for 22 of the 29 lives lost
Another three people have drowned in Australian waters as the summer death toll continues to climb during the festive period.
Police said on Sunday that two tourists were unable to be revived after a group of swimmers were pulled from a rip at a beach on Western Australia’s south-west coast.
Continue reading...BoM says light winds are expected to temper the fire danger despite high temperatures, especially inland
Scorching temperatures and elevated fire dangers are forecast for the coming week as Australia rings in the new year – but light winds could protect towns from blazes becoming too severe.
Perth was the first hit by the heatwave, with a high of 34C recorded on Sunday, and maximums above 32C forecast for every day until Friday.
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Continue reading...Sixty-year-old pilot dies but surviving passenger stable in hospital
A man has died and another has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after their light plane crashed.
Emergency crews, including several ambulances and a rescue helicopter, were called to Palmers Island, about 8km west of Yamba, in the NSW northern rivers on Sunday following reports of a crash.
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Continue reading...The actor announced on social media that the ‘legal wedding’ was officiated by her sister
Rebel Wilson has married wife, Ramona Agruma, for the second time in Sydney and this time it was legal.
Wilson, the Australian actor and director, revealed the “legal wedding” was officiated by her sister on Sunday via Instagram, in a post accompanied by photos of the couple standing in front of the Sydney Opera House with the Harbour Bridge in the background.
Continue reading...Prime minister announces disaster recovery payments for survivors as premier gives ‘heartfelt’ thanks to firefighters
At least three homes and nearly a dozen outbuildings have been destroyed by the fire in Victoria’s Grampians, as a new fire threatens homes and lives in Western Australia.
The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, said on Sunday morning that assessments of the damage were still continuing, and the full impact of the blaze was not yet clear. She thanked those in the path of the fire for listening to warnings and taking action to stay safe.
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Continue reading...The 40-year-old school chaplain was bitten by the shark while fishing with family in waters off Keppel Islands on Saturday
A youth pastor and school chaplain described as an inspirational leader has been identified as the man who died after being bitten by a shark while on holiday with his family in Queensland.
Emergency services were called to Humpy Island in the Keppel Bay Islands national park, about 18km off the central Queensland coast, on Saturday after reports a man had been attacked.
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Continue reading...New opposition leader puts focus on crime crackdown – and not on all-male leadership team
The Victorian Liberal leader, Brad Battin, has praised John Pesutto – the man he toppled for the top job – as he seeks to unite the fractured party.
“John is an important part of our team,” Battin told reporters in Melbourne on Saturday.
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Continue reading...Victorian temperatures to rise from Monday, with fire warnings also in place in NSW and Western Australia
Milder conditions across the weekend will bring temporary relief to firefighters who continue to battle an out-of-control bushfire in Victoria’s Grampians.
But the forecast rain was not expected to extinguish the fires and hot weather was expected to ramp up again from Monday.
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Continue reading...21-year-old Taewoo Kim last seen going for a swim at Moonee beach, near Coffs Harbour, on Boxing Day; police say another man’s body found in sea south of Wollongong
A multi-agency search is under way for a man presumed missing in the ocean since Boxing Day, off the north coast of NSW, as another man’s body has been pulled from the water further south.
Taewoo Kim, 21, was last seen around 1pm on Thursday, police said in a statement, going into the water at Moonee beach, north of Coffs Harbour.
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Continue reading...Critical incident team from Bankstown Police Area Command to investigate circumstances surrounding 33-year-old’s death
A man has died after he was arrested while allegedly attempting to enter vehicles armed with a knife in the middle of Sydney traffic.
Police declared a critical incident after officers responded to reports of a man trying to stop traffic and enter vehicles on Remembrance Driveway at Tahmoor in Sydney’s south-west at about 1pm on Friday.
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Continue reading...A “sombre” LawConnect has delayed celebrations after claiming back-to-back line honour wins in a Sydney to Hobart race marred by the death of two sailors.
The Christian Beck-skippered supermaxi was first across the River Derwent finish line at 2.35am on Saturday in a time of one day, 13 hours, 35 minutes and 13 seconds.
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Continue reading...Yacht race claims two crew members’ lives on separate boats, while survivor recounts ‘getting thrown down waves’
The first mayday call came late on Boxing Day.
Just before midnight, there had been an incident onboard the Flying Fish Arctos, a vessel competing in Australia’s most iconic boat race, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.
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Continue reading...The Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been left reeling after the deaths of two sailors in wild weather that has forced a fifth of the fleet to retire.
Supermaxi LawConnect was in the box seat on Friday evening to take out line honours for a second year running after rival Master Lock Comanche pulled the pin with mainsail damage.
Continue reading...As leadership spill speculation grew, Battin was widely touted as the top candidate for the embattled opposition leader’s job
For Victorian Liberal MP Brad Battin, the third time proved to be the charm.
After falling short in a 2021 leadership spill against former opposition leader Michael O’Brien, and losing by a single vote to John Pesutto following the Liberals’ 2022 state election defeat, Battin on Friday had the numbers to snatch the leadership.
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Continue reading...One sailor each on yachts Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline died after being struck by the boom, a large pole at bottom of the sail
Two Sydney to Hobart sailors on separate yachts have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honours favourite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retirements.
The race will continue as the fleet continues its passage to Constitution Dock, with the first boats expected to arrive later on Friday or early Saturday morning.
Continue reading...Experts say ‘disappointing’ relationships with gambling industry, including funding for research, should be scrutinised
The University of Sydney has financial stakes in the world’s biggest poker machine manufacturer and a global sports betting giant, both of which have funded its academics and bankrolled specialist gambling research centres.
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show the university held shares in Aristocrat, and in Entain, which runs the Ladbrokes and Neds brands, between 2021 and early 2024. Shares may have been held before and after this period, beyond the scope of the FoI.
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