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David Wu joined the news.com.au team as a reporter in mid-2025. He has been in journalism since 2015, having previously worked at Sky News Australia, Daily Mail and The Daily/Sunday Telegraph. He has covered politics and international yarns, and particularly enjoys chasing breaking and crime news. Outside of work he loves to travel and is passionate about rugby league, motorsport and tennis.

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Firefighters try to extinguish a flames engulfing a building after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Wednesday, Nov. 26 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Unbelievable detail in Hong Kong horror

The deadly blaze at a residential tower in Hong Kong has renewed scrutiny over the use of a traditional material in its construction.

Cessnock council rate hike residents outrages

‘Joke’: 70,000 Aussies face 40pc rate hike

A major NSW council’s radical proposal to increase rates by 40 per cent triggered widespread fury this week. Now, fed-up residents are fighting back.

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Councillor Nige Jones. Picture: Facebook

Councillor ‘sorry’ for strip club ‘mistake’

A councillor has apologised after attempting to bill taxpayers for a “20-minute” trip to a strip club – insisting it was a “genuine mistake”.

Issue making these Aussie homes ‘worthless’

‘Worthless’: Bat colony destroys suburb

A council is considering a buyback scheme due to a longstanding issue with fauna. Angry locals have spoken out and a mayor now wants the federal government to act.

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A large knife can be seen in the hands of one of the offenders. Picture: Channel 9

Melbourne thugs ruin disabled man’s life

Disturbing footage has shown the moment a machete-wielding gang broke into a Melbourne disabled man’s home and ransacked it.

Celebrity Deaths

Australian chef, Skye Gyngell. Source - Instagram

Famed Aussie chef dies days after mum

Jamie Oliver is leading tributes to Skye Gyngell, the only female Australian chef to receive a prestigious Michelin Star, who has died aged 62.

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NSW & ACT Crime

Bossley Park shooting. Picture: News Corp/Supplied

Wild Sydney shooting video, teen charged

Chilling video has emerged showing a brazen daylight shooting in Sydney. A 16-year-old boy and a man have now been charged.

Art for Schoolies story. Picture: Supplied

$45k fine,15 years’ jail: Schoolies warning

Thousands have descended onto the Gold Coast and other parts of the country to celebrate, but certain acts can lead to huge fines, jail sentences and lifelong regret.

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Supplied image of Olivia Chivers who was killed in a hit and run incident at Margate Picture Supplied

Girl’s sad final words before hit-run death

The mum of a girl killed in a hit-and-run this week has opened up on the final moments of her daughter’s life and the tragic four words the 17yo said.

Fire authorities work to extinguish a fire that broke out on an Air Busan passenger plane at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on January 28, 2025. The tail of a passenger aircraft caught fire at an international airport in South Korea's second-largest city on January 28, forcing the evacuation of 176 people on board, Yonhap news agency reported. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin introduce new ban

Major Aussie airlines have banned a popular device on planes following horror on-board fires both locally and overseas.

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