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A drink driver who crashed into a family riding e-bikes, killing a nine-year-old boy, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail. Keith Andrew Chambers pleaded guilty to manslaughter, dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm whilst adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, whilst excessively speeding, and high-range drink driving. The…
The death of an Indigenous teenager, whose body was discovered on railway tracks in northern NSW more than 38 years ago, remains a mystery despite a coronial inquest that stretched over 24 days. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the name and photos of an Indigenous person who has…
A legal battle between radio host Jackie “O” Henderson and her former employer, ARN Media, appears still headed for an October trial after her former co-host Kyle Sandilands settled his own court case against the company. The two had separately launched proceedings in the Federal Court after the termination of their respective $100 million contracts,…
NSW detectives say they assumed the online identity of a child as part of an investigation that led to the arrest of a man living in the New South Wales Riverina over alleged child grooming charges. Sex Crimes Squad detectives charged 22-year-old man Aiden Nancarrow from the NSW–Victorian border town of Tocumwal with several alleged…
There is a scene in the final Lord of the Rings film where one of the antagonists is surveying a city upon which he and his forces are about to launch an attack. “Fear,” the character, a grotesque orc called Gothmog, if you’re interested in the details, growls. “The city is rank with it.” Swap…
Another review will be held to decide whether Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis should be released on parole. Vlassakis was the youngest of four perpetrators convicted for his role in the notorious “bodies-in-the-barrels” killings, which rocked Australia at the turn of the century. Last year, South Australia’s Parole Board granted Vlassakis release on parole. However,…
Authorities are investigating allegations three pet dogs died after being baited at a popular walking spot in the Murray River town of Echuca in northern Victoria. Yvette Height said her two beloved dogs and a dog belonging to her brother died suddenly on Monday just hours after her husband walked them on a grassy area…
Founders, employees and early investors in startup companies will get an extra capital gains tax discount as the federal government moves to stamp out the backlash to its budget. Labor has been consulting with the startup sector and with small businesses, which have argued that the proposed overhaul to the capital gains tax will unfairly…
Once a favourite holiday destination of A-listers Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Aniston, a tropical island resort off the Far North Queensland coast now has a new operator. Double Island was one of the jewels of Cairns’s tourism industry but, over more than a decade, it was left to decay and fall into ruin….
The heartbroken parents of two children killed when they were hit by a car in Sydney’s south-west yesterday have spoken of their shock, saying they forgive the driver. The distraught parents of five-year-old Katherine and Harry, one, fought through tears on Thursday morning speaking of the crash near their Cabramatta home. “I can’t describe it,…