Patrick Staveley

6 days ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |Patrick Staveley

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been urged to show more "passion" in the Federal Election campaign by a former Liberal MP after a veteran of the Labor Party boasted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was heading for another majority government. Former Liberal Speaker of the House Bronwyn Bishop said on Friday that Mr Dutton needed to sharpen his sales pitch to voters with just two weeks to go until polling day.

1 week ago | skynews.com.au | Jorge Fitz-Gibbon |Patrick Staveley

The chief executive of Spanish technology Siemens, his wife and their three children were among the six people killed when a tourist helicopter plummeted into New York's Hudson River on Thursday, it has been revealed. Agustin Escobar, president and CEO of Siemens in Spain his wife and their three children were killed in the horrific crash after the chopper plunged into the water on Thursday afternoon, just off Manhattan.

2 weeks ago | skynews.com.au | Patrick Staveley |David Wu

Deputy Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has said Peter Dutton would have done a better job dealing with Australia's tariff blow from the US as she blasted the Prime Minister as a "weak" leader. President Donald Trump announced 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods into the United States on Wednesday US time in a move he hopes will "make America wealthy again".

3 weeks ago | skynews.com.au | Bryant Hevesi |Patrick Staveley

Another event on the federal election campaign trail in Brisbane involving Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been crashed by a climate protester.  Mr Dutton was in the seat of Moreton on Saturday afternoon meeting members of the Chinese Australian community when the second protest of the day unfolded. A woman managed to make her way into the area of a Sunnybank restaurant where attendees had gathered for a lunch headlined by a keynote speech from Mr Dutton.

1 month ago | skynews.com.au | Patrick Staveley |Adriana Mageros

The body of a man found partially buried on a property in Sydney's north west has been identified. Johnny Birch, 40, was found by police in a paddock on Gleness Place, Glenorie about 12pm on Friday. Mr Birch was reported missing by family members about 9pm Thursday. A 35-year-old woman and two men - aged 24 and 34 - were arrested at the scene and taken to Castle Hill Police Station. NSW Police have established Strike Force Halderen to investigate the circumstances of the man's death.