Father’s grief at drowned son lost trying to save his child
A grandfather has revealed his pain at the loss of his son, who drowned at a popular Illawarra beach while trying to save his 10-year-old from a freak wave.
Our Journalists
Latest
Battle to break the military code of silence
Whistleblowers are paying a terrible price for exposing the darkest chapter in our military history, write Cydonee Mardon and Ellen Whinnett.
Sydney school suspends six kids every week
Every school district in Sydney has recorded increased suspensions this year and specialised facilities for the troubled teens have no space to take them.
Riot squad used pepper spray to break up wild party
Police may issue COVID fines after they were forced to call in the riot squad to deal with a crowd of more than 100 people when a party in a Surry Hills unit block turned violent.
Bashings, abuse, spitting: Inside horror high
Punched, spat on, bitten and verbally abused. This is a day in the life of a high school teacher. We reveal some violent school incidents as seven students were suspended after an attack on a Year 9 student at another school.
Yr 9 student too scared to return after horrific school attack
Students heckled and recorded a vicious bashing on a Year 9 girl at a western Sydney high school, the latest in a string of at least 12 serious incidents at the school since July this year.
Tears for 19yo crash victim who ‘touched everyone she met’
A 19-year-old woman killed when a car struck her and her friends on the footpath outside a Wollongong club overnight has been identified as an “amazing” and “beautiful” performing arts school graduate.
Hospital gas mix-up baby keeps defying all odds
After being given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen as a newborn in hospital, Amelia Khan’s parents were told their baby wouldn’t live past six months. But she proved them wrong.
New COVID case at trampoline park, as carols go virtual
A second child has seemingly contracted COVID-19 at a Prestons trampoline park. Plus plans are afoot for Christmas carols to go virtual.
NRL to quiz husband in alleged Cowboys sex scandal
The NRL Integrity Unit is to interview a disgruntled husband a year after he complained about the methods employed by the Cowboys to cover-up an alleged affair between his wife and a player.
Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/cydonee-mardon/page/73