Friends gather to honour Luca Bennett, lost at North Avoca Beach
A sombre message has been etched onto a rock face near where Scots student Luca Bennett, was swept away on Christmas Eve.
- by Clare Sibthorpe, Billie Eder and Riley Walter
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Water safety
Missing boy swept off rocks identified as search continues on Central Coast
A large-scale sea and air search has resumed after a 15-year-old was swept off a rock shelf on Tuesday.
- by Billie Eder, Riley Walter and Nigel Gladstone
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Water safety
Search for boy missing off Central Coast beach to resume on Christmas Day
A large-scale sea and air search was launched after reports the 15-year-old was swept off a rock shelf at about 3pm on Tuesday.
- by Riley Walter
Sydney swelters before southerly buster provides relief
The mercury hit 32 degrees in Sydney’s CBD and climbed to more than 40 degrees out west.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Penry Buckley
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Crime
Husband and wife killed in ‘targeted double murder’ over financial debts, police believe
A body believed to be that of Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen has been found in Sydney bushland metres from where his wife’s body was discovered.
- by Riley Walter
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Australians abroad
Mother-daughter dream holiday turns to ‘worst nightmare’
Georgia Sandoe-Simpson and her mother are returning home to Sydney after a suspected alcohol poisoning at a resort in Fiji.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Penry Buckley and Riley Walter
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Traffic
Peak-hour chaos cleared after woman dies in M7 crash
Traffic was banked up for five kilometres after the collision between a ute and an SUV.
- by Riley Walter
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Crime
Teens charged after barbershop sprayed with bullets, car torched
Two 17-year-old boys have been charged with a range of offences after allegedly shooting at the business.
- by Penry Buckley and Riley Walter
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Crime
PM lashes ‘evil’ antisemitic attack as police boost Sydney patrols
Anthony Albanese said attacks like that in Woollahra “diminish us as a nation”, and a “whole of society” effort was needed to stamp them out.
- by Catherine Naylor, Josefine Ganko, Riley Walter, Max Maddison and Penry Buckley
Hidden cameras caught Sydney real estate agent in ‘crime gang’ drug house, court told
A brazen daylight shooting of two men in an inner west barbershop has led to multiple arrests of alleged members of a criminal syndicate involved in large-scale drug trafficking.
- by Riley Walter and Perry Duffin
South Korea martial law as it happened: President lifts declaration as chaos erupts in Seoul
President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday night in a move that stunned South Koreans and triggered a short-lived attempt by troops to enter parliament.
- by Riley Walter
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