Jess Scully

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Mangelsdorf |Jess Scully

On May 21, 1945, Geoffrey Partridge and 25 other soldiers died in Australia's worst training accident just months before the end of World War II. The army engineers, known as sappers, were training in a bunker at the Kapooka Army Base near Wagga Wagga when an explosion killed all but one. Eighty years on, Sapper Partridge's only sister Shirley Booth remembers it like it was yesterday. "My father turned up [at my school] in tears and I had never seen my father cry," she said.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Jess Scully |Rachel Holdsworth

Senior Nationals members say their party deserves a greater role in the Coalition after it fared better than the Liberals overall in the election. Nationals MPs retained all of their seats in the House of Representatives and achieved a swing towards the party in Bendigo. The party has so far secured 14 lower house seats, including five from the Queensland-based Liberal National Party (LNP). The Liberals had secured 39 seats but were ahead in a further three.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Cooper |Jess Scully

A Solomon Islands man who was found dead on a roadside in southern New South Wales early this week may have been walking to work, police say. Argen Kuni, 34, was found in Griffith with multiple injuries just before 4:30am on Monday. NSW Police believe Mr Kuni may have been the victim of a hit-and-run incident. Mr Kuni's older brother, Kenneth Kuni, said the 34-year-old often walked to work in the early hours of the morning.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Jess Scully |Sally Bryant

A prized gold and silver belt buckle, belonging to the world's oldest cowboy Bob Holder, has gone missing from his Cootamundra property. Holder won the silver and gold buckle at the saddle bronc event at a competition in Iowa, United States in 1959. Police believe the buckle was stolen and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Police are investigating the theft of a prize gold and silver rodeo belt buckle from the world's oldest cowboy from his NSW home.

Jan 14, 2025 | abc.net.au | Jess Scully

Jarrod Jones has autism and had never been to a pub-style trivia event until an all-abilities version of the popular event, TriviAbility, rolled into Wagga Wagga, NSW. All-abilities trivia takes a regular quiz night format and makes tweaks in order to accommodate people with all kinds of disabilities. Mr Jones said the revised format lent itself to forging friendships and learning about the things other people knew and loved.