‘Incredibly stupid’: Pistol-wielding Uber driver faces court after parliament emergency
The man triggered a major police response when he waved a replica gun from the window of his car outside NSW parliament.
- by Amber Schultz
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The four-year-old who helped snare an abusive daycare worker
The child’s mother has joined a chorus of parents calling for more to be done to protect children after a spate of incidents at daycare centres.
- by Amber Schultz
NRL, Wallabies legend Wendell Sailor charged over bar assaults
Sailor allegedly assaulted two men and intimated another in a Sydney CBD bar. He is also the subject of an apprehended domestic violence order.
- by Amber Schultz and Perry Duffin
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Emergency services
Body found in search for missing boy swept off Central Coast beach
Laith Alaid, 11, was washed into the sea at The Entrance while crossing the channel with his father and three younger brothers.
- by Amber Schultz
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Emergency services
Search suspended for ‘beloved’ 11-year-boy swept off Central Coast beach
Laith Alaid was crossing the channel at The Entrance beach with his father and three younger brothers when he was washed into the water on Sunday.
- by Riley Walter and Amber Schultz
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Tyrrell disappearance
Tyrrell foster mother theory presented to coroner, but court reminded ‘guesses are not rational’
A police theory that three-year-old William Tyrrell died after accidentally falling from a balcony at his foster grandmother’s home will be probed at the coronial inquest in Sydney.
- by Amber Schultz
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Tragedy
Mother who drowned in river with children had mental health struggles
Hoai Nguyen, who died with her two children in the Georges River on Saturday, had “ups and downs” in her mental health, her husband says.
- by Amber Schultz
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Tragedy
‘Tragic’: Bodies of a mother and her two young children pulled from river
Emergency services were called to the scene after reports the trio were seen “in distress” in Floyd Bay in Lansvale, with a search and rescue mission ending in tragedy.
- by Amber Schultz, Sarah McPhee and Anthony Segaert
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Workplace safety
Sharni was in hospital recovering from a miscarriage. She was told to keep working
Sharni Sinclair was phoned multiple times as she mourned the loss of her unborn child and struggled with medical complications.
- by Amber Schultz
Unlicensed driver allegedly reached 180km/h in police chase
A 26-year-old has been charged with six offences after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase in NSW’s New England region on Friday.
- by Amber Schultz
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Crime
Eight children ‘abused’, third daycare worker arrested in three days
It comes as a concerned mother demanded answers about one of the alleged offenders, who worked multiple shifts at her child’s inner-Sydney centre.
- by Amber Schultz
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