Bruce Mackenzie

Manchester

Lead News Reporter at ABC North Coast

ABC news poet

Articles

Comedian, ex-cop and business coach in 'three-horse' race for Richmond

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

Scratch the surface and a federal election fight between a comedian, an ex-police officer and a business coach on the New South Wales far north coast is much closer than it seems. Once Nationals heartland, Richmond has been held by the same Labor MP for more than 20 years. The Australian Labor Party (ALP) enjoys a seemingly comfortable majority of 8.23 per cent, but the Greens went within a whisker —3,500 votes — of winning the primary count at the 2022 federal election.
Employer incentives do not lead to an increase in skilled employment

3 weeks ago | johnmenadue.com | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

_A crucial aspect of Australias long-term economic recovery and growth will be filling the chasm in the labour market at the intermediate skill level a chasm caused by a decade of irresponsible and ultimately damaging fascination with privatising Vocational Education and Training. _ Its good to know we lead the world in something beyond the export of coal and gas. But it is not something we should be proud of.
NSW Police to target youth crime 'ringleaders' with rapid-response strategy

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie |Catherine James |Zaarkacha Marlan

Up to 100 young "ringleaders" committing violent crimes in the state's north and west will be the target of a new rapid-response strategy revealed by NSW Police today. Operation Soteria will involve 60 officers and rapid response units targeting offenders aged between 11 and 16 in nine designated areas. The regional trouble spots identified are Moree, Tamworth, Dubbo, Orange, Tweed Heads, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Taree, and Newcastle.
One teen is dead and another critically injured after a horror crash

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

A learner driver has died and another teen is in a critical condition after a shocking collision in the NSW Hunter Valley overnight. Emergency service crews were called to John Renshaw Drive at Black Hill, north-west of Newcastle, about 9pm, where a Holden Commodore and a Ford utility had collided. A 17-year-old boy who was driving the Holden died at the scene.
Arborists work through backlog of fallen trees after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred produced wind gusts of more than 100kph in northern NSW. The landscape is still littered with fallen trees. Arborists are working long days to try to keep up with demand. In a landscape still littered with fallen trees after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, arborists are facing a huge backlog of jobs. Casey Grimes, who works around the Tweed Shire on the NSW North Coast, said he could not keep up with the demand from people needing trees cut down or trimmed.
Teenager dies after crash during police pursuit at Bourke

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

A teenager has died after an allegedly stolen vehicle crashed during a police chase in the state's west overnight. The 17-year-old was one of four teens involved in the pursuit, which began after officers responded to reports of a robbery at a service station at Narromine at about 11:15pm. Police will allege four teenagers drove from the scene in a stolen vehicle, which later crashed and rolled at Bourke after road spikes were put out. The 17-year-old died at scene.
Police say missing fisherman Paul Barning pulled overboard by mako shark

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Blake Doyle |Giselle Wakatama |Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie |Keely Johnson

By Blake Doyle, Giselle Wakatama, Bruce MacKenzie and Keely Johnson, for ABCA Sydney man, identified by the NSW Game Fishing Association as Paul Barning, fell overboard during a fishing competition north of Newcastle, on Sunday. Police say Barning was dragged into the water by the shark when he became tangled in tackle and that it was not a shark attack. What's next? An air and sea search for the missing man will continue further south.
Police say missing fisherman Paul Barning pulled overboard by mako shark

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie |Keely Johnson |Giselle Wakatama

Marine police say a missing Sydney fisherman was not attacked by a shark but dragged into the water by it after he became entangled in fishing gear. A multi-agency air and sea search will continue on Tuesday for the man, identified by New South Wales Game Fishing Association as Paul Barning. Thelife member of the Port Hacking Game Fishing Club was taking part in a tournament about 55 kilometres off the coast of Port Stephens when it is believed he became caught in fishing line and fell overboard.
Princes Highway partially closed south of Sydney after multi-vehicle crash

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

A three-vehicle crash is causing major traffic delays on the main road linking Sydney and Wollongong. Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway at Waterfall at about 6:10am following reports of an accident in the south-bound lanes. Police say the impact pushed one of the vehicles through a fence and towards railway tracks. Sutherland Shire police, paramedics and firefighters are at the scene.
Wild storms smash NSW, leaving Carinda without pub, pizza shop and general store

Nov 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Bruce MacKenzie |Bruce Mackenzie

The State Emergency Service (SES) says three commercial buildings, including a pub, have been destroyed in northern New South Wales after wild storms smashed much of the state. The SES logged more than 270 incidents across NSW yesterday, with 49 in the state's west. One of the worst-affected areas was Carinda, a small town near Walgett with fewer than 100 residents, where winds ripped the roofs off the local pub, pizza shop and general store.