Ambulance
‘Toughest person we know’: Surfer’s leg washes up on beach after shark attack
Kai McKenzie is in a stable condition after marathon surgery following the encounter at Port Macquarie.
- by Angus Thomson
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Dog leash used to save the life of ‘courageous’ surfer bitten by a shark
An off-duty police officer has been credited with saving the life of a surfer who lost his right leg after being bitten by a shark at Port Macquarie.
- by Angus Thomson
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Emergency services
We rely on them to keep Sydney running. But they can barely afford to live here
The five Sydney suburbs that are home to the most police officers are, on average, 45 kilometres from the CBD. For solicitors, the average is less than four kilometres.
- by Matt Wade and Craig Butt
Man in critical condition after drowning at remote Ku-ring-gai beach
Rescuers had to use a boat to retrieve the man from the beach, which can only be accessed by a steep bushland track.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Tragedy
‘We just watched it blow up’: Whalan victim was in kitchen when home exploded
Mhey Yumol Jasmin was in the kitchen of her mother’s unit when the building exploded. Police found her body on Monday morning.
- by Jessica McSweeney
‘You’re an idiot’: Man spends night on cliff ledge after wrong turn on popular coastal walk
Despite falling into the ocean, being washed onto rocks and spending the night on a cliff ledge, a bushwalker in Royal National Park was lucky to walk away largely unscathed.
- by Josefine Ganko
When Anna is called to deliver a baby, the birth plan has not gone to plan
More than 600 babies are born before their arrival at hospital each year, and a new program pairs midwives with paramedics to better manage care.
- by Mary Ward
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Crime
Woman stabbed in the neck outside Sydney gym, former partner a suspect
A 39-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed multiple times while in the car park of an Alexandria gym by a man with whom police say she was previously in a relationship.
- by Josefine Ganko
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State Parliament
Woman dies after available paramedic was instead covering horse races
NSW Ambulance has launched investigation into the death of 80-year-old woman from cardiac arrest.
- by Max Maddison
Bondi Junction Westfield mass murder was not terrorism: Police commissioner
The six victims have been identified as five women and a man. Four of the women died at the scene while a fifth died in hospital.
- by Amber Schultz
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Tragedy
Four people killed in single-vehicle crash south of Byron Bay
The driver and three passengers were killed when the ute left the road and rolled over.
- by Ben Cubby
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