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  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Nakita Jager

    Supreme Court documents regarding a fatal stabbing in Newcastle allege the incident involved multiple attackers and was planned. James Callahan, 22, was stabbed in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, in the early hours of November 17 last year. The Supreme Court has released documents to the media of redacted police facts that were tendered to the court as part of a bail hearing.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Giselle Wakatama |Nakita Jager

    Tyrone Thompson will spend at least 15 years in prison for stabbing Mackenzie Anderson 78 times in a brutal murder in 2022. Her mother said the sentence was outrageous, prompting a meeting with NSW Premier Chris Minns. Prosecutors have 28 days to lodge a notice of intention to appeal. The mother of a woman stabbed 78 times in a domestic violence murder has met NSW Premier Chris Minns as she calls for an appeal against the killer's jail sentence.

  • 2 months ago | abc.net.au | Nakita Jager |Emma Siossian

    The Liberals are leading the Port Macquarie by-election with 52.2 per cent of the two candidate preferred vote. An election analyst says it is very rare to see a Nationals-Liberals clash in a state election. The NSW Electoral Commission says the results are expected to be released from March 31. The Liberal Party holds a tight lead against the Nationals in Port Macquarie's state by-election on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.

  • Mar 5, 2025 | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Nakita Jager

    A man has been charged over the alleged murder and attempted robbery of four people on the New South Wales north coast early last year. The four people died after the car in which they were travelling left the road at Back Channel Road, Wardell, south of Ballina on February 24, 2024, and crashed into a tree. The male driver, 36-year-old Mark Dodds, and three passengers — 24-year-old Sophie-Lee Fullagar, 50-year-old Benjamin Watego, and 42-year-old James Doherty — died at the scene.

  • Dec 13, 2024 | abc.net.au | Claire Simmonds |Nakita Jager

    Pregnant nurse nurse Teagan Beeby felt "pure fear" when she was told about midwifery roster cuts at her workplace. She is 36 weeks pregnant and works at Port Macquarie Base Hospital, where she also intends to give birth to her first child. "As a nurse, knowing the impact that [nurse to patient] ratio has on the care that you can give … [and] becoming a patient myself, it's quite a scary experience," Ms Beeby said.

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