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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Nick McLaren |Keely Johnson
Progress on offshore wind projects across Australia is expected after Labor's massive election win. The Coalition had promised to scrap four of the six declared zones for the projects if it won. Pro-renewables community group Good for the Gong says Labor now has "a mandate from the Australian public" to push ahead.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Keely Johnson |Giselle Wakatama
Police have charged a man and woman after a video of a man allegedly shooting a firearm out a car window in the New South Wales Hunter region circulated on social media. Police said they were told about the video late on Sunday evening. It showed a man driving a vehicle alongThe Boulevard in Toronto in daylight and appearing to fire a gun out the window. Police said the incident was believed to have occurred in the past 24 hours.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Keely Johnson |Emma Simkin
Authorities say many cars have had their tyres shredded this morning on the M1 motorway, heading south towards Sydney. The ABC understands a truck carrying metal debris lost its load between Palmdale and the Mooney Mooney Bridge and a major clean-up operation is underway in foggy conditions. Motorist Jon Heaney described the situation as "pandemonium". "Cars are scattered, they're all on the verge ... some are in the slow lane," he said.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Jesse Hyland |Keely Johnson
A man has been shot dead during a fight in a car park in the New South Wales Hunter region overnight. Emergency services found a man with a gunshot wound after they were called to Bar Beach car park in Newcastle about 11:40pm on Wednesday. Paramedics treated the man, but he died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified but police believe the man was aged 18. According to police, a group of people were fighting in the car park when the shooting occurred.
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2 months 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.
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2 months 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.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Keely Johnson |Giselle Wakatama
The family of Rhyanwen Horne, a young Sydney woman who went missing from a mental health clinic in Newcastle 50 years ago, is calling for a coronial inquest into her disappearance. The 24-year-old was admitted to the now-demolished Shortland Clinic in Newcastle on February 1, 1975. Later that evening, she walked out of the clinic. She had no transport and did not know anyone in the Newcastle region.
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Jan 28, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Keely Johnson
Alleged drug trafficker Hussein Chamas is in custody after being found on a yacht heading north in water off the Northern Territory coast. Mr Chamas was a wanted man, after fleeing a rehabilitation centre in New South Wales earlier this month. Mr Chamas is expected to be extradited to NSW. An alleged drug importer-turned-fugitive has been arrested on a yacht off the Northern Territory coast heading towards Indonesia, according to the Australian Federal Police.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Keely Johnson
Recent dredging work in the Swansea Channel in Lake Macquarie has inadvertently created the "perfect" habitat for the endangered little tern. Transport for NSW has fenced off an area on Elizabeth Island to protect more than 50 adult little terns nesting there. Wildlife volunteers will monitor the zone, reminding people to keep a safe distance from the easily disturbed species.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Keely Johnson
For many Australians, the new year brings a range of new goals and resolutions, whether it be joining a gym, subscribing to a wellness app or getting healthy with a meal-kit provider. While these subscriptions should be easy enough to cancel, some are operating in what's described as a “subscription trap”, using unnecessarily convoluted strategies to make it difficult to unsubscribe.
