Luke Costin

Sydney

Sydney Court Reporter at Australian Associated Press (AAP)

AAP journalist | Sydney via Melbourne

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Articles

Pope Francis mourned as 'Australian in his informality'

3 weeks ago | newcastleherald.com.au | Alex Mitchell |Melissa Meehan |Luke Costin

Pope Francis has been lauded as a man who inspired people to live with courage and compassion. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOSPope Francis's Australian-like informality and love of the people are being remembered as million of Catholics mourn the pontiff's passing.
Aust cardinal mourns 'death of much-loved' Pope

3 weeks ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Luke Costin |Andrew Brown |Katelyn Catanzariti

Australians have recalled Pope Francis's profound love for the poor, diverse people and all of humanity as millions mourn the pontiff's passing. His death, on Monday after a recent serious battle with double pneumonia, was marked by tolling church bells and preparations for scores of memorial masses for the Catholic figurehead.
Towns get 'down payment' to shoulder renewable change

1 month ago | canberratimes.com.au | Farid Farid |Luke Costin

Rural communities 'at the heart' of the renewable energy transition will benefit from local grants. Photo: HANDOUT/NSW GOVERNMENTTennis clubs, kindergartens and town infrastructure will get a boost amid recognition of regional areas' outsized role in the nation's renewable energy transformation.
Axe falls on loggers' plan to avoid battle over gliders

1 month ago | illawarramercury.com.au | Jack Gramenz |Luke Costin

Environmentalists have hailed a High Court decision in their battle to protect habitat for gliders. Photo: HANDOUT/TARONGA ZOOThe nation's highest court has kept the door open for environmental groups to prosecute law-breaking loggers when regulators won't, dealing another blow to the native timber industry.
Indigenous cyclist killed in collision with police ...

1 month ago | nit.com.au | Farid Farid |Luke Costin |Giovanni Torre |David Prestipino

An Indigenous man on a rental e-bike has died in an early morning collision with a police car after an officer tried to pull him over. Investigators said the 48-year-old man was killed in the crash, which happened about 3am on Friday in the inner-Sydney suburb of Waterloo. Paramedics tried to revive him but he died at the scene. NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Peter McKenna claimed the man had a "significant" amount of methamphetamine and $10,000 cash in his possession.
Surfboard found intact in search for missing officer

1 month ago | canberratimes.com.au | Luke Costin

The search is continuing for high-profile Queensland police officer Jay Notaro. Photo: 7news/AAP PHOTOSA senior Queensland police officer should have been more than capable of managing the calm surf conditions before he disappeared without his surfboard in northern NSW. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Up in smoke: billions wiped off tobacco tax forecast

1 month ago | bluemountainsgazette.com.au | Luke Costin

The budget revealed $6.9 billion has been wiped off tobacco excise projections to 2029. Photo: Sam Mooy/AAP PHOTOSFirebombings and violent burglaries have sparked a renewed crackdown on illicit tobacco as taxes on legal cigarettes are labelled an epic fail.
Up in smoke: billions wiped off tobacco tax forecast

1 month ago | canberratimes.com.au | Luke Costin

The budget revealed $6.9 billion has been wiped off tobacco excise projections to 2029. Photo: Sam Mooy/AAP PHOTOSFirebombings and violent burglaries have sparked a renewed crackdown on illicit tobacco as taxes on legal cigarettes are labelled an epic fail. Subscribe now for unlimited access.
Aust assault case against influential PNG minister ends

1 month ago | nit.com.au | Luke Costin |Joseph Guenzler |Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse

A powerful Papua New Guinea cabinet minister has grinned after prosecutors withdrew an allegation he assaulted a woman near Bondi Beach. Petroleum minister Jimmy Maladina, 58, was to face a hearing on Thursday over the contested allegation that he attacked a 31-year-old woman known to him in an eastern Sydney home. But prosecutors instead withdrew the single count of domestic violence-related assault occasioning bodily harm related to the July 6 incident.
Australia's youngest murderer to be set free again more than 20 years after he killed Courtney Morley-Clarke

2 months ago | 7news.com.au | Luke Costin

Australia’s youngest convicted murderer is about to walk from prison despite a court accepting he poses a risk. The child killer has spent almost two-thirds of his life behind bars after abducting and fatally stabbing his three-year-old neighbour Courtney Morley-Clarke when he was 13. His 20-year sentence expired in 2021 but concerns over his stunted maturity, institutionalisation and repeated desire to take violent revenge have led to rare post-sentence detention orders.