In heartbreaking scenes played out live on television, the families of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan last night begged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to spare the lives of their loved ones, following their final goodbyes.With the Bali nine ringleaders due to face the firing squad about midnight (3am AEST time), Sukumaran’s sister Brintha wailed with […]
Sydney: A man handcuffed and in the back of a marked police car has allegedly been able to clamber over to the driver’s seat for an unsuccessful attempt at freedom.Instead, the suspect will be refused bail to appear in Maitland Local Court on Monday after allegedly crashing into two parked cars before ripping out the […]
Sydney : A man has died after falling from the 12th floor of a building in Sydney’s east on Monday morning.Emergency services were called to an apartment building on Darling Point Road, near New South Head Road, at 11.18am. “Initial investigations have led police to believe the man fell from the building,” a police spokeswoman […]
Australia and New Zealand have been remembering soldiers from the two countries who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War One. A series of events on Saturday marked the centenary of the Allied attack on the Gallipoli peninsula.A dawn service was held at the landing. The two countries later remembered their dead at battlefield […]
At least 50 findings made by the Independent Commission Against Corruption over the past decade have been thrown into doubt by a High Court ruling on the watchdog’s powers, including findings against a barrister and a solicitor who misled courts in criminal cases. Premier Mike Baird will meet ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham this week amid […]