Improved safety measures for harbour with tragic track record
Safety measures will be bolstered at a parkland popular with families on the Qld-NSW border after three bodies were found in recent years. Here’s what’s happening.
Safety measures will be bolstered at a parkland popular with families on the Qld-NSW border after three bodies were found in recent years. Here’s what’s happening.
Two former Lismore-based beef cattle breeders, who swindled $75,000 of bushfire grants then bought collectables despite claims of trauma that impacted their decisions, have been sentenced.
Two young Queensland men have been arrested after allegedly breaking into two homes, including an incident which resulted in a physical altercation when the occupants woke up to find intruders going through their belongings.
A Northern NSW artist, set to be sentenced after planning to operate a child sex ring, has been banned from doing any paid or volunteer work that could bring him into contact with children as he remains free on bail.
A Goonellabah man who sexually assaulted a woman during a cocaine and alcohol-fuelled party hung his head and shed tears as his verdict was delivered.
A $28 million police and firefighter precinct has been announced for the heart of Byron Bay to make sure emergency services can keep up with growing demand.
A Northern Rivers builder who denies raping a woman amid an alcohol and cocaine-fuelled party told a jury he was just “being a friend” to a mentally unstable person when he “apologised”.
Police have launched a probe after two young men were reportedly threatened at knifepoint when they tried to thwart a break-in on the Qld-NSW border overnight. Here’s the details.
Police have revealed a Tweed bus driver was allegedly punched and spat on when he tried to stop a group smoking or vaping. Now, the driver’s employer has spoken up.
A court has heard how a Sunshine Coast construction worker violently bashed an Ocean St punter over an argument about their place in a takeaway shop’s line.
A Mid-North Coast man who tried to help smuggle heroin into Australia from Malaysia has asked to go to jail early while he awaits sentencing, but fears the worst for his health with ongoing “rectal bleeding”.
An alleged rapist from Victoria who denied preying on a woman during a “magic mushie” trip involving a pet goat near Byron Bay continues to walk free after a jury were unable to reach a verdict.
A former mechanic with schizophrenia brutally killed his neighbour by bludgeoning him with a brick and smothering him with a pillow – but has been found not criminally responsible.
Detectives allege three recent arson attacks on tobacconists are linked to organised crime networks or other gangs. Watch the shocking footage of ram-raids and fires in northern NSW as police warn of a national issue.
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