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Firefighters have been confronted by a horrific scene after a blaze engulfed a nursing home with thick smoke in north-west Sydney this morning, leaving several elderly residents dead and others seriously injured. Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins described the scene as "chaotic" and … [Read more...]
Former Canterbury Bulldogs rugby league player Ryan Tandy was in debt to at least six different people around the time of the NRL match at the centre of last year's NRL match-fixing scandal. Player agent Sam Ayoub, professional punters Damien Flower and Michael Cook, former footballer Hassan … [Read more...]
The FBI have arrested a man in Louisville, Kentucky over the Madeleine Pulver necklace bomb hoax. The 50-year-old Australian man identified as Paul "Doug" Peters was was arrested without incident. Mr Peters, who flew between Australia and the United States for work and has family in both … [Read more...]
Australain police have gone into 'neither confirm nor deny' mode over reports they have a prime suspect in the frame for the Madeleine Pulver bomb hoax case. Media outlets are reporting that investigators have not released a description of 18-year-old Madeleine's attacker because they believed … [Read more...]
A three-year-old Australian boy has suffered serious leg and arm injuries after being dragged under a ride-on mower driven by his grandfather. The boy was visiting his grandparents at their Manildra property near Orange, New South Wales when he wandered into the front yard about 6pm … [Read more...]
A shopping trolley has fallen from a bridge onto a woman's car as she was driving along a highway on the New South Wales south coast, police said. The 30-year-old woman was driving her car along The Princes Highway, Nowra, about 6am yesterday. As she drove underneath a bridge, a shopping … [Read more...]
Canterbury Bulldogs coach Kevin Moore has quit the NRL club on the eve of their clash with the New Zealand Warriors. Moore has been under pressure for weeks, with the Bulldogs losing seven of their last nine games. Assistant coach Jim Dymock will take charge of the side for tomorrow night's … [Read more...]
Sydney is facing another day of extreme weather after a storm left 33,000 homes without power and two trains disabled by downed trees. At Medlow Bath in the Blue Mountains, paramedics were called to treat three people when a train reportedly carrying 20 passengers had its front carriage crushed … [Read more...]
A Sydney accountant working for financial group ING looks set to plead guilty next week to stealing $45 million which she spent on luxury beachside apartments, jewellery and even Michael Jackson memorabilia. Rajina Rita Subramaniam, 41, worked as a senior accountant with the financial group ING … [Read more...]
New South Wales Blues coach Ricky Stuart has rung the changes for his team to face Queensland for Origin II at ANZ Stadium on 15th June. Manly teenager Will Hopate has been named in the centres and captain Paul Galllen moved from lock to the front row. Hopoate is one of five changes to the NSW … [Read more...]
Canterbury Bulldogs rugby league player Ryan Tandy has been charged with match-fixing over the NRL game against the North Queensland Cowboys last year. Tandy had been stood down from playing for the Bulldogs since being charged last month with four counts of lying to a NSW Crime Commission … [Read more...]
Canberra Raiders star Josh Dugan has won the NSW fullback spot, ousting Jarryd Hayne for the opening State of Origin rugby league match at Suncorp Stadium on May 25. Hayne failed to make coach Ricky Stuart's team at all, with Brett Morris and Akuila Uate preferred on the wings when it was … [Read more...]
A group of partygoers who attended a ''paint party'' that got out of hand in Yamba, New South Wales have walked free from court despite wrecking and torching a police vehicle. There were about 100 people at the gathering with painted bodies and clothes. Police intervened when they thought things … [Read more...]
Australian Rugby star Kurtley Beale is to announce tomorrow that he has signed to play for the Melbourne Rebels in next seasons Super Rugby competition. It is understood that the Rebels lured Beale from Sydney to Melbourne with a two year financial offer he could not refuse, including lucrative … [Read more...]
New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell has ordered the Auditor-General to audit the States traffic speed cameras. There are 172 fixed cameras, six mobile cameras and 60 safety cameras to be reviewed. The auditor will look at before and after analysis of crashes at fixed camera locations and how … [Read more...]
