The Editorial Team

Heath is a parochial Novocastrian and senior reporter at news.com.au. He started off at country newspapers in 2016, before moving to Sydney and working for Fairfax, the ABC and News Corp. He’s covered almost everything, but is most passionate about reporting on the realm of court and crime.

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NSW & ACT

Senior Constable Kelly Foster, who's body was recovered from Wollangambe Canyon, Mount Wilson today (Jan 03 2020) after after two women were swept into a whirlpool in the Wollangambe River on January 02, 2020, and disappeared.

Hero cop’s final honour

A police officer who died while trying to save a woman from drowning in the Blue Mountains has been farewelled at an emotional funeral.

VIC

Aida Hamed, 45, died after being washed off the rocks with five others in Bushrangers Bay Picture: Facebook

Tragic drowning victim revealed

A mother who died off a remote Victorian beach when she was swept off rocks has been remembered as the most “beautiful person on earth”.

NSW / ACT Courts & Law

Teacher to fight student sex allegations

A Sydney school teacher has entered not guilty pleas after being accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student five times and sending him sexual Snapchats.

UPDATEDNSW & ACT Crime

Christopher David Barnes, 33, of Woodpark has been arrested and charged over the alleged sexual assault of a boy, 11, at a gym in Guildford West, Sydney. He runs Fearless Martial Arts school out of the gym on Fairfield Rd. Image from Facebook

Martial arts teacher accused of sex abuse

A children’s martial arts teacher is fighting accusations he sexually assaulted a young boy at his gym, a court has heard.

Mining

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a second man in relation to a long-running foreign bribery investigation. David Savage, 60, is expected to appear in Sydney Central Local Court today (Monday, 11 January) via video link after being arrested following his exit from hotel quarantine in Sydney this morning. He has been charged with two counts of knowingly providing misleading information contrary to sections 1309 (1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Picture: AFP via NCA NewsWire

Exec charged over $1.8b bribery scandal

A former executive has been nabbed outside quarantine for allegedly providing misleading information in a bribery scandal probe.

UpdatedTravel Updates

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 08, 2021: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews provides a COVID update at a press conference in the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

New rules for ‘trapped’ Victorians

Victorians stranded in other states by snap border closures have been handed a set of new rules to follow in order to get back home.

I'm a celebrity

WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Ash Williams on celebrity get me out of here shirtless.

I’m a Celeb star ‘shocked’ by sex pic claim

I’m a Celebrity star Ash Williams’ lawyer says the comedian will fight claims he screenshotted topless photos of a woman during phone sex.

Health Problems

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos JANUARY, 9, 2021: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to the media during a COVID-19 press conference in Sydney. NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24hrs, with the government planning to end some restrictions from midnight tonight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Three new virus cases in NSW

NSW recorded another three new cases of coronavirus that were spread in the community including one in the newly reopened northern beaches.

NSW & ACT

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos JANUARY, 9, 2021: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is seen during a COVID-19 press conference in Sydney. NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in the past 24hrs, with the government planning to end some restrictions from midnight tonight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Gladys takes swipe at neighbouring states

The NSW Premier has vented her frustration at other states, saying they failed to extend the “courtesy” of consulting her before slamming borders shut.

Health Problems

Woolies among new virus venues

Shoppers who visited two popular supermarkets have been told to isolate and get tested as more venues are added to coronavirus alert lists.

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