RESIDENTS ASKED TO REMAIN VIGILANT AFTER TOMAGO FIRE DOWNGRADED
Despite the bushfire at Tomago being downgraded to “Advice Status”, police are advising residents in the Port Stephens area to remain alert to fire danger. The fire in bushland off Masonite Road flared...
View ArticlePARKER PUTS HERSELF IN POSITION FOR COMM GAMES CALL-UP
An incredible effort by Hunter paratriathlete Lauren Parker today. After a training accident confined her to a wheelchair last April, Parker has all but confirmed a spot on the Australian Commonwealth...
View ArticleNEWCASTLE PUBLIC TRANSPORT UNDERGOES TIMETABLE OVERHAUL
Major changes to Newcastle’s public transport system have come into effect. Newcastle Transport service provider Keolis Downer claim that more than 1,000 additional bus and ferry services each week are...
View ArticleMAN HOSPITALISED AFTER HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE IN ALLEGED ASSAULT
A 45-year-old man has undergone surgery at John Hunter Hospital, after allegedly being punched in the face and hitting his head on concrete in Newcastle yesterday evening. Police say the man became...
View Article30-YEAR-OLD MAN ALLEGEDLY GLASSED NEAR KEMPSEY
A man has been glassed during an alleged assault on the Mid North Coast over the weekend. Police say the incident happened outside a golf club on Edgar Street at Frederickton, near Kempsey, just before...
View ArticlePOLICE PROMISE TO CRACK DOWN ON ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AT TAMWORTH FESTIVAL
A high-visibility police operation targeting road safety, anti-social behaviour, and alcohol-related violence will be in place for the duration of the 46th annual Tamworth Country Music Festival. The...
View ArticleM1 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS FOLLOWING TRUCK FIRE
UPDATE: One person remains unaccounted for following a fiery crash involving two trucks on the M1 earlier today. The two trucks, including a fuel tanker, collided in the southbound lanes of the M1,...
View ArticleIDENTITY OF PEDESTRIAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY A CAR REMAINS A MYSTERY
Police have renewed appeals to identify a pedestrian, who died when he was struck by a car at Port Stephens over the weekend. The man, believed to be aged in his 60’s, passed away at the scene after he...
View ArticleMAN ACCUSED OF RUNNING DOWN ANOTHER MAN NEAR MAITLAND
A man has allegedly run down another man with his car near Maitland over the weekend. Police say a 27-year-old man drove to a pre-arranged meeting with a 38-year-old man at Oakhampton Road in...
View ArticleTWO CHARGED AFTER ALTERCATION ESCALATES ON THE FAR NORTH COAST
Two people have been charged following an altercation between two groups of young people in the far north of the state. Police say the two groups met at Rifle Range Road in Wollongbar around 2am on...
View ArticleTWO TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER GOLD COAST UTE CRASH
Two men have been taken into custody after an allegedly stolen vehicle crashed on the Gold Coast. Police say that a ute was seen driving erratically at Burleigh Heads shortly before 10pm last night,...
View Article23-YEAR-OLD CHARGED WITH ALLEGED ARMED ROBBERY
A 23-year-old man will face a Coffs Harbour court after allegedly robbing a restaurant while armed with a knife over the weekend. Police say the man entered the restaurant on Grafton Street just after...
View ArticleFIREARM POINTED AT GOLD COAST EMPLOYEES LEAVING WORK
Two women on the Gold Coast have been threatened at gunpoint while leaving work overnight. The two employees of a Highland Park tavern on Alexander Drive were leaving work at around 10.30pm, when they...
View ArticleWOMAN’S BODY DISCOVERED ON GOLD COAST CONSTRUCTION SITE
The body of a woman has been discovered on a construction site on the Gold Coast. A member of the public notified police after they located the deceased female at a construction site on Beach Road in...
View ArticlePOLICE SEEKING WITNESSES AFTER VEHICLES DAMAGED ON THE CENTRAL COAST
Information is being sought from the public after a number of vehicles were damaged on the Central Coast over the weekend. Police say there were 16 seperate incidents of malicious damage to vehicles in...
View ArticleGOLD COAST DRIVER CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY CRASHING STOLEN UTE
A Gold Coast man has been charged after allegedly crashing a stolen motor vehicle on the weekend. Police say just before 10pm on Sunday night, a ute was seen driving erratically at Burleigh Heads,...
View ArticleGOLD COAST MAN CHARGED OVER A SPATE OF ALLEGED ATM ROBBERIES
A Gold Coast man will face court over the robbery and attempted robbery of nine ATM machines across South East Queensland. The 34-year-old from Helensvale will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court...
View ArticleMEREWETHER RESIDENTS APPREHEND ALLEGED CAR THIEF
Residents in a beachside suburb of Newcastle have apprehended a man after he allegedly broke into vehicles and stole a number of items. The residents on Rowan Crescent in Merewether detained the...
View ArticleHAVE YOU SEEN THIS MISSING PERSON?
Concerns are held for an elderly Lake Macquarie man, missing from an aged-care facility since yesterday. 87-year-old George Oliver was last seen leaving the facility on Gibson Street at Belmont,...
View ArticleLAKE MACQUARIE WELCOMES THEIR NEWEST CITIZENS
37 Lake Macquarie residents from 15 different countries are among Australia’s newest citizens, after taking the Citizenship Pledge at Lake Macquarie Council Chambers today. Canada, the Philippines,...
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