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Emily Kowal is a reporter for The Saturday and Sunday Telegraph. She was previously Social Media Editor at The Australian. Emily was the 2020 Walkley Award finalist for Student Journalist of the Year.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 21, 2024: Minister Tara Moriarty MLC giving evidence at budget estimates at NSW Parliament today. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

Minister denies yelling at senior bureaucrat

A Minns government minister is alleged to have “yelled” at her own senior department bureaucrat, demanding a $33m grant for a sports hub in a Nationals electorate be returned.

News

Woman rescued after becoming trapped in van

Incredible rescue after woman left trapped in van

A woman was left trapped in a van following a crash in southeast Sydney this afternoon.

NSW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos- MARCH 22, 2025. Police vehicles at the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in Liverpool. Picture: NewsWire/ Julian Andrews

Woman traumatised after horror Sydney bike crash

A Liverpool resident who witnessed the death of the young motorcyclist has said she is traumatised after watching him crash after a police chase.

Police & Courts

A man found dead on a rural property in Sydney’s northwest has been identified after his concerned family raised the alarm with police earlier this week., , Johnny Birch’s body was discovered by police, partially buried and wrapped in a tarp, on Gleness Place, Glenorie around midday on Friday. Picture: Facebook

Major police op at Dural linked to body found on nearby property

An hours-long police operation in Sydney’s northwest on Friday is believed to be linked to investigations into the body found under a tarp on a nearby property last week.

NSW

Supplied images of arrest made under Strike Force Brackley., Robbery & Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged four men following an investigation into the alleged kidnapping of two men last year., , , On Monday 11 November 2024, officers attached to Ryde Police Area Command received a referral from the Taiwanese Consulate that a 24-year-old man had been kidnapped., , , The man had contacted his father in Thailand indicating that he had been kidnapped and a ransom equivalent to approximately $480,000 AUD had to been demanded to secure his release., , , Inquiries revealed that a second hostage, a 26-year-old man, was also being held., , , The matter was referred to State Crime Command’s Robbery & Serious Crime Squad who established Strike Force Brackley to investigate., , , About 5.45am on Tuesday 12 November 2024, strike force detectives, with assistance from the Tactical Operations Unit, attended an address in Ermington where they located the two hostages., , , It will be alleged the men were detained and assaulted for two days over an alleged debt., , , It will be further alleged one of the men was detained at a second location in western Sydney before being moved to the Ermington address., , , A 23-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Gladesville Police Station where he was charged with two counts of take/detain in company with intent to ransom occasion actual bodily harm., , , The man was refused bail and appeared in Burwood Local Court the next day on Wednesday 13 November 2024.

Two men kidnapped in Sydney, bashed for $480k ransom

Four men have been charged by police after they allegedly kidnapped, assaulted and held two Taiwanese men over and alleged drug debt in Sydney last year.

PICTURESNSW

Baby possums rescued in Murwillumbah. Picture: Facebook/Kerryn Law

Shivering mother possum, babies sought refuge after ex-cyclone Alfred

A mother possum and her two babies were found shivering in a Murwillumbah home, while wildlife volunteers see an influx of wounded animals following ex-cyclone Alfred. SEE THE PICTURES HERE.

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Embargoed for The Daily Telegraph 9.3.2025 ON HOLD Ã. Henry Loung at his Spring Street home in Lismore, which flooded in 2022. Pictured in his renovated home that was destroyed in 2022 with his 2 dogs Mia (white) and Noah (black and white) dogs.. Picture: Rohan Kelly

Insurers warned to pay up by PM as storm claims hit 9000

Insurers have been put on notice as thousands of ex-Cyclone Alfred-related claims are made, with thousands more set to come.

NSW

Vet Bree Talbot’s home became a makeshift hospital during the cyclone. Her bathtub held three baby turtles, her laundry was home to a kangaroo.

‘Bath filled with water… and three turtles!’: Vets’ cyclone experiences

Dr Bree Talbot’s home has become a makeshift triage for wildlife, including marine turtles, an eastern grey kangaroo, birds and flying foxes, following ex-cyclone Albert.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

A flight radar image showing the path of Virgin Airlines flight VA1104, which was diverted back to Brisbane on March 9, 2025. Picture: FlightRadar24

‘No criminal behaviour’: Man released after ‘hijack’ comment claim

A man flying to NSW was arrested after another passenger claimed to have heard him say he “might hijack this plane”, only for police to find no evidence of “criminal behaviour”.

NSW

‘Houses will be washed away’: Lismore braces for brunt of TC Alfred

While floods are a routine part of life in NSW’s Northern Rivers, locals are worried about people’s lives and the danger posed by the “worst weather event in 45 years”.

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