Nakita Jager
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1 month 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.
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1 month ago |
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.
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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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Nov 12, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Nakita Jager
A man has been found guilty of murder after he punched, kicked, and stomped on a man's head in a suburban street on the NSW Mid North Coast. Justice Mark Ierace delivered his verdict against Connor Fuller, 31, in the Newcastle Supreme Court on Tuesday over the death of 61-year-old Mark Tozer at South West Rocks in 2021. Fuller had pleaded not guilty and his legal team had argued his actions were in self-defence.
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Oct 5, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Nakita Jager
Cyclist Lachlan Morton has set a new record for the fastest ride around Australia — smashing the previous record by seven days. Morton, from the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, finished the 14,201-kilometre Around Australia ride in his hometown of Port Macquarie on Saturday afternoon, where he was met with a crowd of cheering supporters. "It feels like a culmination of all the things I've done and put it into one bike ride. It feels special," he said.
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