Danuta Kozaki

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki |Isabella Ross |Luke Royes

Decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's bid to overturn a defamation ruling that found on the balance of probabilities he was complicit in war crimes has been dealt a considerable blow. Lawyers for the former Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) corporal and Victoria Cross recipient will likely spend the coming days poring over the reasons for the dismissal of his appeal by the full court of the Federal Court to overturn his defamation case loss against three Nine newspapers.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

A Tongan national is reportedly on the run in Sydney's west after two officials connected to Australian Border Force were allegedly stabbed and assaulted this morning. NSW Police officers were called to James Ruse Drive in Clyde about 4am to find a 54-year-old man stabbed in the cheek and neck and a 36-year-old man assaulted. The two men have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

When patrons dined at the famed Grotta Capri they felt transported to Neptune's cave in Italy. That is despite the Kensington restaurant being on a bustling road in Sydney's east. The dining room, fit with fish tanks, blue lights, painted water scenes and fake stalactites, was an underwater-dream. It's exterior — thousands of chipped oyster shells stuck onto textured walls —is worn down by time. The Grotta Capri has been closed for nearly 15 years, but soon the site will be lost to history.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

A 21-year-old man accused of spray-painting anti-Israel slogans and setting a car alight in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been granted strict conditional bail. In November last year, three buildings and 10 cars were vandalised, with one vehicle set on fire. The 21-year-old will be under strict home detention with an electronic bracelet and only allowed out accompanied by a parent during his bail.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Danuta Kozaki

Motorists have described the chaos caused by hundreds of vehicles being damaged by shards of metal that spilled from a truck along a vast stretch of the country's busiest roads. Drivers were left stranded and waiting for help after their tyres were pierced by the debris from a truck on the M1 southbound from the NSW Central Coast to Sydney on Friday morning. Some vehicles suffered multiple tyre punctures between Palmdale and the Mooney Mooney Bridge after 5am.