In the midst of not insignificant challenges for the Australian government to face the floods coming on Australia, in the midst of the massive displacement of people from their homes, and in time of the economic recession that will befall all of the Australian states, and while Australia is waiting to face a crisis in the three main sectors (agriculture, ...

A motorcyclist has been rushed to hospital after a smash involving his bike and four other cars in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Police said the five vehicles ploughed into each other along the busy New South Head Rd near Manning Rd in Double Bay about 430pm on Wednesday. Paramedics worked to stabilise the shirtless motorbike rider, aged in his 50s, while ...

An elderly man nearing his 100th year has been charged with sexually touching a 10-year-old girl. Leonard Henry Forden, 99, is accused of touching the minor at Tweed Heads on December 14, 2021. Forden has been placed on bail with a condition he cannot be in the company of any young person unless a responsible person is present. Forden’s bail ...

The Illawarra teenager charged with six offences relating to a devastating crash in Towradgi earlier this month, leading to the death of a 12-year-old boy, has appeared in court. The 17-year-old was charged with dangerous driving occasioning death, negligent driving occasioning death, failing to stop and render assistance after vehicle impact causing grievous bodily harm, failing to stop and assist ...

Twenty years on and the memories are as strong as ever with organisers of the memorial service at Coogee’s Dolphin Point expecting record numbers of families and friends to pay their respects on Wednesday. Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends all lost their lives in the terror attacks. The youngest Abbey Borgia, from Tempe, was just 13. Chloe Byron from ...

A Balgownie drug dealer has been admonished by a magistrate for “making money off other people‘s misery” as he was sentenced to two-years jail with a non-parole period of 18 months. Matthew James Lincoln appeared in Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday following preview guilty pleas to supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug – namely methylamphetamine – and dealing ...

Former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer could be forced to represent himself in his upcoming car crash trial if he is unable to stump up the money to pay for a lawyer, a court has heard. Mehajer fronted the Downing Centre District Court via video link from Cooma jail last week seeking to vacate the November 21 start date for ...

Canberra has recorded its first e-scooter road fatality after a 19-year-old woman was struck by a car while crossing the road. Laura Wallace has been identified as the 12th person to die on Canberra’s roads in 2022, after she passed away on Monday. At 3.10pm on Sunday police and emergency services were called to the scene of the collision at ...

The younger brother of Comanchero boss Tarek Zahed has failed to win a reduced sentence on drug supply charges after police found him with heroin stuffed down his undies. The Daily Telegraph can reveal Abdul Zahed was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years jail in Bankstown Local Court on August 4 after pleading guilty to drug supply, proceeds of crime and ammunition possession ...

The wealthy property developer husband of a woman allegedly stabbed on the doorstep of her Dover Heights home has been charged with possessing a shortened gun. Walt Coulston was hit with four weapon and ammunition charges this week after police allegedly found an unauthorised firearm inside his multi-million dollar home. It comes just seven weeks after Coulston’s wife Helen was ...