MAN ARMED WITH KNIFE HOLDS UP GOLD COAST BOTTLE SHOP
Police are hunting a man after he held up a bottle shop on the Gold Coast last night. The man reportedly entered the business on Monterey Keys Drive at Helensvale just after 7 o’clock with a knife,...
View ArticleCOURT SCHEDULED FOR DRIVER INVOLVED IN CENTRAL COAST ROAD FATALITY
A man will front court later this year, charged over a fatal crash on the Central Coast in January. Back in mid-January, a 20-year-old woman died in a four-car collision at the intersection of Motorway...
View ArticleSPEEDS OVER 160KPH ALLEGEDLY REACHED IN TWEED HEADS PURSUIT
It’s alleged a Tweed Heads man reached speeds in excess of 160km/h during a police pursuit yesterday. At around 11am, police claim to have witnessed a Holden Commodore allegedly travelling above the...
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The riot squad has been called in to disperse dozens of protesters outside the Villawood Detention Centre, angry over plans to deport an Iranian refugee. A 78-year-old man has been charged with...
View ArticleSOUTH TAMWORTH BAKER VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED LEAVING WORK
A man in the state’s north west has allegedly been violently assaulted, after leaving his work at a bakery early this morning. Shortly before 5am, emergency services were called to the intersection of...
View ArticleDRIVER TRAPPED FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN SEMI-TRAILER ROLL-OVER
A truck driver has been trapped for more than three hours, after rolling his vehicle west of Gloucester overnight. Police say the B-double semi-trailer was travelling on Thunderbolts Way at Bretti,...
View ArticleONE MOTORCYCLIST KILLED, ANOTHER INJURED, ON SAME STRETCH OF ROAD
A motorcycle rider has been killed, and another airlifted to hospital, in separate crashes on the same stretch of road on the Mid North Coast. Just before midday yesterday, police were called to the...
View ArticleWEEKEND UPDATE
Communities in north Queensland are bracing for Tropical Cyclone Debbie. The storm is expected to bring gale force winds and torrential rain, causing widespread damage. It’s been a horror weekend on...
View ArticleWOMAN KILLED IN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH, NORTH OF NARRABRI
A car crash has claimed the life of a woman in her 20’s in the state’s North West. Around 1:20pm yesterday, police responded to reports of a car crash on Wee Waa Road in Wee Waa, about 20km north of...
View ArticleTEEN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED BAKER ASSAULT IN SOUTH TAMWORTH
A teenager has been charged following an assault in the state’s North West. Shortly before 5am on Saturday, a 49-year-old man was leaving his work at a bakery, when he was allegedly assaulted near the...
View ArticlePEDESTRIAN HOSPITALISED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A BUS
A man has been struck by a bus in Newcastle earlier today. The 66-year-old was at the intersection of Maitland Road and May Street at Islington when the incident occured, shortly before 3am. He was...
View ArticleTODDLER STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TRUCK NEAR GRAFTON
A three-year-old girl has died after being hit by a truck on the mid north coast. Shortly after 8am, emergency services were called to a residence in Grafton, where they found the toddler critically...
View ArticleCHARGES FOR OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANG MEMBERS FOLLOWING ALLEGED ASSAULTS
Three members of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) have been charged, following a series of alleged assaults across Newcastle. Police say a member of the Finks OMCG was allegedly hit with a...
View ArticleA RASH OF GRAFFITI AND VEHICLE DAMAGE HITS GRAFTON
A spike in theft and graffiti related crimes in the Grafton area has police asking the public to report any suspicious activity. Between Wednesday and Saturday last week, police received over 30...
View ArticleALLEGED ASSAULT HOSPITALISES 47-YEAR-OLD ON THE GOLD COAST
A fight between two men on the Gold Coast has left one in hospital and another facing assault charges. Police say a fight broke out between two men on the Esplanade between Hanlon Street and Trickett...
View ArticleAMBULANCE OFFICERS ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED IN THE STATE’S NORTH
A man will front court later today after two paramedics were allegedly indecently assaulted on the New South Wales far north coast. Paramedics responded to reports of a man suffering medical issues at...
View ArticleDRIVER OF A CAR KILLED AFTER COLLIDING WITH BUS
A collision between a car and a bus has killed a man on the Gold Coast. The car and bus were travelling in opposite directions on Golden Four Drive at Bilinga about 11:20am on Sunday, when they...
View ArticleTWO CHARGED OVER ALLEGED NORTH GOSFORD KIDNAP
A man has been tied up and assaulted during an alleged kidnapping on the Central Coast. Around midday on Saturday, police responded to reports a man was tied up at a home on Dunbar Way in North...
View ArticleLAKE MACQUARIE SIEGE ENDS PEACFULLY
A man has held police at bay for over 2 hours during a siege near Lake Macquarie last night. Just before midnight this morning, police responded to reports that a man on outstanding warrants was at an...
View Article2PM UPDATE
There’s been gridlock on the Newcastle to Sydney Freeway following a car crash. Southbound lanes at Kariong have just reopened, helping clear a tailback of many kilometres. Severe tropical Cyclone...
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