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Australian father, two children found dead in Bali
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (161+ words) An Australian man and two children have been found dead in Bali in what local police are treating as a possible murder-suicide. The trio were reportedly found at a bungalow in Kuta, a resort town on the Indonesian island's southwest…...
'It was brutal': Vodafone employee attacked by makeshift flamethrower
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (522+ words) A Vodafone worker who was attacked with a makeshift flamethrower by an angry customer has been awarded a million-dollar payout in court. It came after regular abuse by customers, employee Damir Lepan told the NSW District Court. This included verbal…...
Woman walks to hospital with head injuries after alleged assault
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (155+ words) A woman suffered head injuries in an alleged assault on Gladstone Avenue in Wollongong on Sunday morning. A witness said the woman walked to the nearby Wollongong Hospital, still bleeding from her injuries. Police were called to the hospital's emergency…...
Kyle is riding a skateboard from Melbourne to Perth to Bulli - to save his own life
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (842+ words) Warning: this story discusses suicide. Kyle Buchanan is embarking on the kind of journey that seems close to impossible, riding a skateboard 8000km from Melbourne, to Perth, to Bulli. But he's doing it to save his own life - and maybe someone…...
Facing murder, trauma, and retirement: Joe Cassar on the cases that shaped his life
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1169+ words) WARNING: The descriptions of murder scenes contain graphic details which some readers may find distressing. The day that former Lord Mayor Frank Arkell's brutalised body was discovered is still vivid in the mind of Assistant Commissioner Joe Cassar. Anxiety was…...
Wollongong McDonald's: man critical after alleged assault | Illawarra Mercury | Wollongong, NSW
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (183+ words) Police are calling for witnesses to an alleged violent assault that left a man fighting for life in a Wollongong fast-food outlet. The 20-year-old man was in McDonald's when he was allegedly attacked about 4.20am on Sunday, August 30. Emergency services were…...
High-speed chase through South Coast ends with Taser for Albion Park motorcyclist
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (531+ words) An Albion Park teenager casually sipped from his water bottle as he was handed a one-year jail sentence for a high-speed police pursuit that ended in a crash. Justin Scott Rodger-McKillop was sentenced in Wollongong Local Court on September 8 to…...
Fake IDs and drive-offs: The real reason fuelling Illawarra petrol theft
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (482+ words) Soaring petrol prices this year might have led to a spike in fuel thefts, but it is not the cost of filling up that leads most Illawarra people to steal. During the past financial year, as petrol costs soared to…...
'Change or stay in jail': stabbers learn fate over 'abhorrent' family home attack
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (538+ words) "Change or you'll stay in jail." That was a judge's stark warning as he sentenced two men over a Berkeley home stabbing, where they cornered a father as his six-year-old slept. Christopher West, 27, and Jacob Henry, 24, appeared on screen before…...
How police caught a Port Kembla man accused of online child grooming
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (253+ words) The sex crimes squad has charged an elderly Port Kembla man with online child grooming offences after he allegedly travelled to Sydney to meet a girl. The 69-year-old man was caught by strike force detectives in Campbelltown about 9.50am on Monday,…...