Former cult leader identified as murder victim
CHEN Czarnecki was a former leader of the secretive religious sect known for its harsh disciplining of young children.
CHEN Czarnecki was a former leader of the secretive religious sect known for its harsh disciplining of young children.
THE man, charged with firearm offences after a dramatic arrest at Bunnings, made some “ridiculous” requests of the court.
A FATHER who assaulted another motorist because he thought the man was trying to run over his assistance dog and his son has been handed a six-month jail term.
IN A bizarre case of identity theft the Toowoomba woman obtained three mobile phone contracts and watch thousands of movies before she was caught.
A Toowoomba Bypass contractor has been fined $50,000 over a 2017 safety incident. Here’s what happened.
POLICE will allege he fled on foot after his vehicle eventually ran out of petrol.
A woman who was five months pregnant was allegedly so desperate to escape her partner’s violence she planned to jump from a moving car, according to police.
THE 17-year-old has been charged with murdering a man whose body was found after a blaze in northern NSW.
The body of a 64-year-old man was found by police inside a house that burned down on August 16.
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Gowrie Junction man was fined $1245 after police clocked him doing more than 40km/h over the limit.
A homeless man who attacked a hospital worker and got belted with a motorcycle helmet in return has received a six month suspended sentence.
RICHMOND Police District’s new Superintendent, Scott Tanner, is familiar with the territory after dealing the bushfire crisis.
A RAID on a Park Lane home in Crows Nest on Thursday located cannabis, restricted drugs, drug utensils and firearm’s ammunition.
POLICE confirmed a woman was arrested in Maclean this afternoon.
THE forgotten victims in moments of violent tragedy are the communities affected by the unwanted – but inevitable – media scrutiny.
POLICE have made an arrest in relation to a suspicious death after a woman’s body was found at an East Lismore home.
THE man was found in possession of drugs and guns, and had assaulted two people in their Goonellabah home.
THE Ballina man was arrested in June during massive police raids across three states.
AFTER a nurse was punched in a shocking incident, the local health district said it has a “zero tolerance to violence”.
THE 33-year-old man was accused of supplying 11kg of cocaine on the Northern Rivers.
AFTER five days in custody of the Toowoomba watch house, 86-year-old resident Patsy Quinn has been moved to more appropriate accommodation.
AN AGED care nurse who stole drugs from residents has been disqualified from practising for six months after a finding of professional misconduct.
POLICE believe the human remains found after a house fire near Kyogle belonged to the male resident of the property.
AFTER five days in the Toowoomba watch house, it was hoped that 86-year-old Patsy Quinn would be released to the hospital today.
POLICE are investigating the death of Northern Rivers woman who is yet to be formally identified.
A WOMAN has died following a single vehicle traffic crash at Kearneys Spring last night.
A man who supplied a dog for dogfighting and kept other dogs chained up without shelter or water has been jailed.
Little Stacey-Ann Tracy was raped and killed in 1990. Thirty years later, journalist SHERELE MOODY examines how Stacey’s death impacted the lives of six women.
A court heard about the “tragic chain of events” that led up to James Paul Alderton stabbing Charles Larter to death in 2017.
MYSTERY still surrounds the circumstances of skeletal remains found in the Byron Bay bushland.
Police are continuing to investigate after skeletal remains were found in bushland within Arakwal National Park in Byron Bay but say despite speculation they are “highly unlikely” to belong to missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez.
POLICE found a white SUV used as a getaway vehicle and have appealed for witnesses.
THE man, charged over an alleged fatal assault at Ballina, had hoped the court would allow his family to visit him in hospital.
A man blew 0.134 when police pulled him over for having two different number plates on his car.
POLICE allege some of the images were taken in shopping centres, and they have charged a 29-year-old with possession and dissemination of child abuse material.
A HELIDON man charged in relation to a two truck crash on the Gore Highway near Pampas that claimed two lives is set to go to hearing.
The calculated and callous steps Rowan Baxter took to wipe out Hannah Clarke and her children makes his crime one of our most brutal, writes SHERELE MOODY.
THE case of a Gatton woman charged with murder arising from the death of an international student is to go to a pre-trial committal hearing.
POLICE remind anyone without an exemption will be turned back if trying to enter NSW from Victoria.
A teen who alleges he was assaulted by a police officer in Byron Bay will be allowed to give evidence by video link, a court has heard.
POLICE and council rangers have cracked down on bad behaviour on a stretch of the Far North Coast.
Police were called to the park up the road from the police station where it was reported a man and a woman were naked in fond embrace.
Police were unimpressed by a potty-mouthed response from a driver pulled over for a RBT.
A COMPANY, landowner and property manager have each been convicted over the matter.
AN RSPCA prosecutor told the court it was expected Ms Bourne would be charged with further matters when she next appears in court.
A NORTHERN NSW MP has slammed the State Government for its response to the 109 recommendations.
POLICE found what they allege may be magic mushrooms and a knife when the searched a car at Byron Bay on Saturday.
A completed declaration is a requirement for everyone – including Queensland residents – who are returning to Queensland from today.
IN SENSATIONAL developments at the conclusion of the Wilsonton Nine committal hearing, six of the nine have had their murder charge downgraded.
DATA from the ACCC’s annual Targeting Scams report, released this week, indicates scammers don’t discriminate.
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