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Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man from Bowenfels reported missing, last seen in Wentworth Falls. Officers from Blue Mountains Police Area Command have been told Daniel Barker, aged 41, was last seen about 11.10pm on Saturday 16 May 2020, at the site of a motor vehicle collision on Railway Parade at Wentworth Falls.

Man missing for six weeks after car crash in Blue Mountains

Police are seriously concerned for the welfare of Daniel Barker, who has been missing for six weeks after he ran away from the scene of a car accident in Wentworth Falls.

Arts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 25: Singer Guy Sebastian listens to Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference following a tour of West HQ on June 25, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The federal government has announced a $250 million support package for the arts and cultural sectors to assist in economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding package includes $90 million in government-backed concessional loans to fund new productions and a $75m grant program that will provide capital to help Australian production and events businesses put on new festivals, concerts, tours and other events as social distancing restrictions ease. (Photo by Matt Blyth/Getty Images)

‘Not a politician’: Guy Sebastian’s defence over arts backlash

Australian musician Guy Sebastian has defended himself following online backlash to his appearance alongside the Prime Minister during a $250 million arts funding announcement in Sydney today.

NSW

Ayo Lana, former barista at XS Espresso. , cafe allegedly firing a black barista for his race. , https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNvE4LHdV9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Bondi cafe manager in racism row sacked after backlash

After being accused of letting go a black man from their Bondi cafe because ‘locals are racist’, XS Espresso has now fired the manager responsible for the racist incident.

NSW

Man threatens store manager with knife following baby formula theft – Ryde PAC, CCTV images of two men who may be able to assist police with their inquiries , Picture: NSW Police

Men on the run after armed Sydney baby formula theft

Police are searching for two men after tins of baby formula were stolen from an Eastwood Woolworths and a store attendant was threatened at knifepoint before the two pair escaped.

NSW

Red Skins, Chicos to be renamed after backlash

Nestle is the latest company to be caught up in cancel culture, deciding to rename iconic Red Skin and Chico lollies. Nestle said the names are “out of step with Nestle’s values”.

NSW

Victoria could jeopardise NZ travel bubble hopes: CMO

Victoria’s inability to control coronavirus clusters is jeopardising a travel bubble deal with New Zealand and keeping NSW isolated from other states with the country’s chief medical officer conceding NZ authorities would be concerned.

NSW

Ex Supercar driver Renee Gracie in an Instagram post. Source - https://www.instagram.com/renee_gracie/?hl=en

Supercars driver turned porn star unleashes racist rant

Australia’s first female supercars driver turned porn star Renee Gracie has told her Indian fans they are no longer allowed on her OnlyFans page in a shocking racist rant.

NSW

NSW Labor MP named in branch stacking report quits

Three days after The Daily Telegraph exposed details of a secret Labor investigation into a string of branch stacking allegations in western Sydney, Granville MP Julia Finn has resigned from the NSW Shadow Cabinet.

NSW

Screenshot of the bushfire royal commission. Bhiamie Williamson

Aboriginal fire experts need a bigger role, inquiry hears

Experts in Indigenous fire management have told the Royal Commission into Australia’s deadly black summer fire season that cultural burning should play a greater role in preventing fires.

NSW

Milton Orkopoulos pictured outside Waverley Court, Sydney. 22nd January, 2020. Picture by Damian Shaw

Orkopoulos charged with new child sex offences

Disgraced former Labor MP and convicted paedophile Milton Orkopoulos has been arrested at Silverwater jail and charged with further child sex offences dating back to the 1990s.

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