A Comanchero enforcer will be extradited to South Australia to face 29 counts of money laundering, allegedly involving more than $1 million and tied to cannabis trafficking, following raids at Lake Macquarie.
Explosives which may have sat live for three months after failing to detonate during a planned mine explosion have blasted a hole nearly two metres deep – and hurled large rocks 100 metres away – after being disturbed by a dozer.
An Australian Border Force investigation into the alleged attempt to import a child-like sex doll has led authorities to seize child abuse material during a dawn raid in suburban Newcastle.
An experienced miner who died after falling into a decommissioned mine shaft in the Hunter has been remembered as ‘one of a kind’ by friends and family.
The disgraced Gloucester horse trainer who was previously convicted on more than 20 sexual assault charges, has attempted to appeal his 14-year jail sentence.
While most results are yet to be known as counting continues, one council had a new mayor announced late on Saturday night.
Shattered survivors of the Hunter Valley bus crash have given extraordinary insights into the moments they thought they would die as painkiller-induced driver Brett Button hit a roundabout too fast and with horrific consequences.
Brett Button has lodged an intention to appeal the 32-year jail term he received for killing 10 passengers and injuring a further 25 people in the horror Hunter Valley bus crash.
The driver behind the wheel when a bus full of wedding guests in the Hunter Valley rolled, killing 10 and injuring 25, has learned his fate in court.
Steve Symons, the father of victim Kane Symons who told the court during his victim impact statement that he now felt a void that would never be filled, was succinct outside court. “It showed that they mattered,” he said.
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