Adam Hegarty

Melbourne

Journalist at Nine News Queensland

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Articles

Grieving father searching for answers over toddler's tragic death

3 weeks ago | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

Baylen Pendergast died in his Tamworth home in 2013 at just 21 months old. In the years since, a coronial inquest has found the boy's fatal injuries were most likely not an accident. And overwhelming medical evidence suggests those injuries were the result of "significant force by another person or persons". Yet after more than a decade of Luke waiting for answers, little Baylen's death remains a mystery. "We've got to keep fighting forward," Luke told 60 Minutes.
Luke Combs grapples in private with a debilitating health struggle

2 months ago | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

The affable and incredibly down to earth megastar speaks comfortably about his rare form of OCD - something he's learned to control with the same powerhouse precision he uses to belt out countless hits on stage. And his record-breaking Australian stadium tour has been no different.
Why Canberra is determined to ban social media for children

Nov 17, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty |Anne Worthington

Even if they don't believe it. "We don't feel strong, we really don't," Mat said. "We have very tough days. Very tough. We are broken, and I will tell you, we are hanging on at best."It's only been two months since their 12-year-old daughter, Charlotte O'Brien, took her own life. Yet somehow, in the pits of grief, Mat and Kelly summoned the determination to get in their car, drive to Canberra and compel the Prime Minister to ban social media for kids under 16.
Two women, one seat: Best friends' bold plan to share the role of senator

Nov 9, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

But they're adamant they'll be able to do it together. They want to be the first politicians anywhere in the world to each work part-time by job-sharing a seat – and a single vote – in parliament. "It's time for more people to have a voice in the way that Australian politics is run," Bradlow told 60 Minutes. And Bock reckons they've got a lot to offer Canberra. "When Lucy and I work on a problem, we bring different perspectives, we bring two sets of skills and experience," she said.
'I tend to go into character': The Kid Laroi on fame, grief and mental health

Nov 2, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

"Some people have told me I look like a dickhead from my Instagram," he admitted. He's really not. In stark contrast to his confident, charismatic and energetic presence on stage - and on Instagram - in reality he's a humble, anxious and very honest young man. "I tend to go into a character a little bit, I think, when I'm on stage," the Sydney-born music megastar told us. "I get really confident and I'm able to transform into this whole other human being.
How soccer is helping change the lives of people experiencing homelessness

Oct 19, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

On the southern end of Adelaide's CBD lies a notorious section of parkland, where in the cold of night, tents are aplenty, filled with homeless people sleeping rough. But that's not where we found violence or despair. It's where we witnessed hope and inspiration.
'Everything went deathly silent': Paralysed passenger recalls terrifying flight

Sep 22, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

Jordan was a high school dance teacher and performer in Adelaide, but now she's paralysed from the chest down. She's spent the past four months being winched in and out of bed in hospital, where she's likely to remain until Christmas. READ MORE: Damning evidence raises questions about deadly Singapore Airlines flightAnd it's all the result of something millions of us do every single day: flying in a commercial aircraft.
Damning evidence raises questions over whether clear-air turbulence was to blame

Sep 21, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

Satellite and flight data collated in a 60 Minutes investigation suggests flight SQ321 flew directly into a developing thunderstorm over central Myanmar, as other passenger jets diverted away from the dangerous weather system. Lawyers for the injured victims say it's proof of human or mechanical failure aboard the fateful May 21 flight.
Pig butchering: The vicious love scam trapping victims around the world

Sep 9, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

There's a sickening reason most scammers are so persistent: if they fail - or refuse - to con us out of our...
'Putting profit before safety': Boeing in crisis after terrifying mid-air emergencies

Jun 22, 2024 | 9now.nine.com.au | Adam Hegarty

It's a sentiment the company's chief executive, Dave Calhoun, disputed as he was hauled before an angry US Senate on June 18 to respond to claims of dangerous cost-cutting, employee intimidation and cover ups at the American aviation giant. But when a door plug blew off one of its passenger jets during a terrifying Alaska Airlines flight in January, Boeing's work - and culture - became extremely difficult to defend.