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Thomas Sargeant is a reporter for NewsLocal, working primarily in Sydney’s eastern suburbs for the Wentworth Courier. He has previously held editorial roles at visual arts publication Look magazine and University of Sydney student newspaper Honi Soit. Thomas has worked with The Australian, NewsWire, news.com.au and the News National Network as part of News Corp Australia’s 2024 Editorial Cadet Program.

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The Daily Telegraph No news.com.au No The Australian. 16.12.2025 Israeli politician visiting Bondi Memorial, Amichai Chikli - Minister for the diaspora paying tribute at a memorial at Bondi Beach Pavilion in Sydney. Terrorists have opened fire at Bondi Beach, killing 15 innocent people and wounding at least 29 others last Sunday evening. Picture: Rohan Kelly

‘We saw it coming’: Israeli minister’s dire warning for Australia

A senior Israeli politician has accused Anthony Albanese of allowing anti-Semitic views to fester, warning Australia faces escalating threats from radical Islam.

Wentworth Courier

People are seen at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 16, 2025, two days after the shooting. A father-and-son team toting long-barrelled guns shot and killed 15 people including a 10-year-old girl at Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14, with authorities labelling it an antisemitic terrorist attack on a Jewish festival. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

What you can access at Bondi following the tragic massacre

Bondi Beach remains partially open despite the active crime scene following the tragic shootings on Sydney’s most famous coastline. Here is everything you need to know including where to leave your tributes.

Wentworth Courier

People lay flowers down at a memorial at Sydney's Bondi Pavilion, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a day after a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

‘Held their hands’: Eastern suburbs leaders unite for Bondi

Leaders from across Sydney’s eastern suburbs share painful stories of loss and survival from the terror attack in Bondi, including the deaths of community members and acts of heroism.

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Pictures: Abandoned personal belongings on Bondi Beach

A line of personal belongings abandoned on Bondi Beach show the aftermath of terror-stricken beach goers fleeing the scene.

Canva composite of Anastasia Slastion and her boyfriend Isaac Costa, who killed her.

Man forced to face family over girlfriend’s murder

A man who murdered his girlfriend in a ‘frenzied attack’ made an unorthodox address to the court in which both their families sat as he was led away in handcuffs.

Southern Courier

Phillip Bay locals 12-year-old Amielle and 7-year-old Taya Walker. Picture: Supplied

Sydney sisters’ $280k bid to step into the sun

A family in Sydney’s south is battling to let the light in, fundraising for a safe outdoor space for their girls forced indoors by a one-in-a-million genetic condition.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JUNE 27, 2023: Cost of Living Generic Images. Household expenses. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Emma Brasier

‘Real savings’: $320m plan to cut energy bills

Energy bills for the state’s most vulnerable are set to be slashed in what the NSW Housing Minister has said will help people have to choose between ‘putting food on the table or keeping cool’.

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Southern Courier

Year one student Theo. Students at Rainbow Street Public School in Randwick have worked together to decorate one of their local buses over the Christmas season. Picture: Thomas Sargeant

Sydney kids deck the halls of their local bus

Students at a primary school in Sydney’s east have taken over from Santa’s elves to spread Christmas cheer, and are hoping to take home the citywide decorating crown.

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Wentworth Courier

DAILY TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 2, 2025. NO NEWS.COM.AU OR THE AUSTRALIAN. Woollahra councillors Mary-Lou Jarvis and Hugh Woodgate in front of vandalised trees, which have been poisoned and pruned to gain views in front of a development in Vaucluse. Picture: Jonathan Ng

A view to kill for: Council’s creative crackdown on illegal tree act

An eastern suburbs council is looking at creative tactics to discourage environmental vandalism, after a new development was advertised with ‘panoramic harbour views’ gained when a Port Jackson fig was poisoned.

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UPDATEDWentworth Courier

**ONE TIME USE ** FEE APPLIES ** MUST CREDIT ** , A drowning at Redleaf Pool in Sydney's eastern suburbs today. Picture: OnScene Bondi

Man dead at unpatrolled Sydney beach

A man has drowned at an enclosed harbour beach in Sydney’s east which is not patrolled by lifeguards.

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