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4 days ago | 
thewest.com.au | Emma Kirk |Andrew Hedgman
Transperth bus driver charged after a pedestrian was struck and killed
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4 days ago | 
perthnow.com.au | Emma Kirk |Andrew Hedgman
A Transperth bus driver has been charged after he fatally struck a pedestrian outside of Perth Arena. A 45-year old man died when he was hit by a bus crossing Wellington St near the Milligan St intersection just after 6.15pm on Friday. He was treated at the scene by paramedics but could not be saved. The bus driver has been charged with careless driving causing death and will appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on July 18. Inspector Vic Hussey told 9News it was a confronting scene.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Ally Feiam |Andrew Hedgman
A second housemate of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop has been charged with unrelated weapons offences following a police search last week. Pheobe, 17, was living with two housemates at a property in Gin Gin, southwest of Bundaberg, when she was last seen on May 15. She was supposed to fly from Bundaberg to Brisbane before catching another flight to Western Australia where she would meet up with her boyfriend. However, the teenager failed to board her flight and has not been seen since.
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1 month ago | 
thewest.com.au | Jessica Wang |Andrew Hedgman
Peter Dutton faces tight contest to hold seat of Dickson as federal election count begins
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1 month ago | 
skynews.com.au | Jessica Wang |Andrew Hedgman
After an exhausting five weeks of campaigning to lead the country, Peter Dutton could be ousted in his own seat of Dickson. The outer Brisbane electorate, which the Opposition Leader has held since 2001, will be one of the most closely watched seats on election night. Not only is it the most marginal seat in Queensland, at a gut-wrenching 1.7 per cent, Anthony Albanese has made it very well known he believes Labor’s third-time contender Ali France has a good chance of flipping the seat.
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1 month ago | 
news.com.au | Jessica Wang |Nathan Schmidt |Andrew Hedgman |Duncan Evans
With fewer than three hours to go until voting booths close on the east coast, Anthony Albanese has admitted he has not yet chomped down on a democracy sausage. The Prime Minister cast his vote this afternoon at Marrickville West Public School in his seat of Grayndler. Mr Albanese said he “would have loved to” hit up the sausage sizzle, but claimed the press blocked the way.
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2 months ago | 
news.com.au | Ally Feiam |Andrew Hedgman |Summer Liu
The mother of a young woman killed in the horrific multi-car highway crash has opened up about her final call with her before her tragic death. Jocelyn Grace Mollee, 22, died on Monday after a man driving a red Porsche Macan allegedly lost control and caused a six-vehicle crash on the busy southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway at Palmview. Ms Mollee’s mum Amanda Chippendale said she did not get to see her daughter for Easter before her death, as she spent it with her partner’s family.
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2 months ago | 
news.com.au | Andrew Hedgman |Hannah Moore
After the preventable death of a 22-month-old boy, a scathing audit has found Northern Beaches Hospital is failing to deliver the safe, integrated public care promised under its private partnership. The findings raise serious questions about the long-term viability of the arrangement.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
couriermail.com.au | Mark Furler |Iwan Jones |Andrew Hedgman |Andreas Nicola
The Sunshine Coast has been swamped by almost 140mm of rain with roads cuts, rescues carried out, and waterways raging. More than 130 road closures were listed on the Sunshine Coast Council’s disaster hub on Saturday afternoon including 85 local roads. Across Qld, there had been 204 requests for help from SES with most of the jobs structural, followed by flooding and trees down. There were 29 calls for help in Gympie, 24 on the Sunshine Coast and 15 in Noosa.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
couriermail.com.au | Andrew Hedgman
It has been 110 years since beginning of the First World War shook the globe, sending young men and women from Australia and New Zealand to some of the most remote corners of the earth in defence of King and country. While homegrown heroes served on many battlefields, the fateful events of April 25, 1915 have continued to shape the Australian and New Zealand conscious, which we continue to commemorate to this day.
