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Boyfriend of murdered backpacker Simone Strobel sues NSW Police over arrest
The boyfriend of a German backpacker murdered in northern New South Wales 20 years ago is suing the NSW Police Force. Tobias Moran, formerly known as Tobias Suckfuell, has alleged police maliciously targeted him rather than searching for the truth about how the woman died. He was charged in 2022 over the death of 25-year-old Simone Strobel, whose naked body was found near the Lismore caravan park they were staying at in February 2005.
Man arrested after two bodies found two weeks apart at same Gurranang property
Police suspect foul play in the deaths of two men whose bodies were found on the same property in northern New South Wales two weeks apart. On September 13, the body of a 79-year-old man was found inside a house on the Summerland Way at Gurranang, 25 kilometres north of Grafton. Yesterday, officers went to the same property as part of the investigation and found the body of a 59-year-old man. "They did not anticipate what they found," Superintendent Joanne Schultz said.
Clarence Valley terminates GM Laura Black's contract one week after botched mayoral vote
The general manager of a northern New South Wales council has been sacked a week after she declared the wrong winner of a mayoral ballot. Clarence Valley councillors held an extraordinary meeting today, calling for general manager, Laura Black, to resign or face having her contract terminated. In confidential papers accidentally published on the council's website, a breakdown in the relationship between Ms Black and the majority of councillors was cited as the reason for asking her to step down.
Yvonne Whear's car found in Rous River seven months after she vanished
Yvonne Whear, 73, was last seen driving towards her home near Murwillumbah in February. Her gold-coloured Ford Escape wagonwas found in the Rous River over the weekend, less than 10 kilometres from her home at Dungay. Police are conducting a forensic examination of the car, but say although some personal items were recovered, Ms Whear has not still been found.
Twist in Simone Strobel case as boyfriend Toby Moran finally speaks
For two decades, police pursued a central theory about who killed German backpacker Simone Strobel. After their suspect was finally charged with murder, that theory began to crumble. Rain and wind batter the campground at Sandon River, on the north coast of New South Wales. Simone Strobel opens her diary and begins to write in German: "After I begged Toby to let Käty + me into the van with him, he flipped out totally." Tobias Suckfuell is Simone's boyfriend.
Mystery surrounds disappearance of North Coast woman Stephanie Cordery
Emergency services have found no trace of Stephanie Cordery who disappear in Northern NSW three weeks ago. Police say they have conducted a "significant" search but Ms Cordery's family feels more resources should be devoted to the search. The Cordery family is calling for the search for Stephanie to continue.
EPA alleges skip-bin operator dumped 320 tonnes of rubbish near Clarence Valley waterway Original
A skip-bin business owner has been ordered to remove more than 320 tonnes of rubbish it allegedly illegally dumped near a "sensitive waterway" in northern New South Wales. Officers from the state's Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and NSW Police searched a property at Stockyard Creek, north of Grafton, in May as part of an investigation into pollution.
Engineer says 50 years of erosion research ignored by government and courts
He might not be a household name, but Angus Gordon played a key role in preserving NSW beaches. The civil engineer helped develop standards for managing coastal erosion, co-authoring the state's first Coastal Protection Act in 1978, and its revision in 2016. Coastal engineer Angus Gordon was co-author of the first NSW Coastal Protection Act in 1978, and its revision in 2016.
800 new homes at former hospital site to help tackle critical housing shortage
Eight hundred new homes are planned for the four-hectare site of the former Tweed hospital site. Ten per cent of the homes will be affordable housing. Construction is expected to begin in 2029. A northern New South Wales mayor has welcomed the decision to increase the density of an large apartment complex at Tweed Heads, but has urged the state government to increase the amount of affordable housing in the complex.
Fashion boss Shmuel Tal faces trial over allegations he detained and raped woman in Byron Bay
A woman alleges a Melbourne fashion boss detained her for four hours and subjected her to degrading sex acts at his Byron Bay villa in 2023. Shmuel Tal has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The trial continues in Lismore District Court. A Melbourne fashion boss who allegedly held a woman captive and violently sexually assaulted her at his Byron Bay beach villa three years ago has denied the charges on the first day of his trial in northern New South Wales.
Byron Bay Bluesfest report reveals no money left to repay creditors
Creditors owed more than $7 million after the sudden cancellation of Byron Bay's Bluesfest in March are unlikely to recoup all of the money they are owed, a new financial report has revealed. The company running the festival went into liquidation in March, three weeks before the Easter event was due to begin. Worrells, the liquidator appointed to handle all financial matters for Bluesfest, today delivered its report on the company's finances to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Byron Bay bashing leaves Canadian tourist with fractured skull, brain bleed
A Canadian tourist was left with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after a brutal assault at Byron Bay yesterday night. The 28-year-old is in a serious but stable condition in the Tweed Valley Hospital. Police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact Byron Bay Police or Crime Stoppers. A Canadian tourist is in hospital with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after a vicous assault in a Byron Bay park overnight.
Program: Battle to bring lost Aboriginal breastplate back to Country
When Bundjalung elder Aunty Ros Sten was a little girl she was taken to the museum in Lismore to see a very special artefact - a metal breastplate, once given to her ancestor. But, it was to be the last time she saw it. The mysterious disappearance of the artefact sparked a decades-long mission to bring it home. Story by Cath Adams, with additional production by Josie Sargent. Aunty Ros Sten and her niece Mindy Woods have been campaigning to bring an Aboriginal breastplate back to Country.
$1m reward offered over cold case disappearance of Marion Barter
The daughter of a woman who has been missing for almost 30 years says there are now "one million reasons" for someone to come forward and help to solve the cold case. Gold Coast woman Marion Barter was last seen by her family in 1997 and the investigation of her disappearance has seen police follow leads to Byron Bay and overseas. The NSW government and police have doubled the reward to $1 million for information leading to the conviction of anyone responsible for her disappearance or death.
Mother's grief after toddler dies in apparent murder-suicide in Lismore
James Harrison and his two-year-old son Rowan Roome-Harrison were found dead in an East Lismore home on May 19, 2024. A coronial inquest has heard the evidence points towards a murder-suicide. State Coroner Teresa O'Sullivan will consider her findings and possible recommendations.
Bundjalung elder's mission to find breastplate stolen from Lismore Museum
A Bundjalung elder is demanding the return of an ancestral breastplate that mysteriously disappeared from a museum in Lismore more than 60 years ago. Aunty Ros Sten said the breastplate was given to her great-great-grandfather, Jack Kapeen, in 1865, but was stolen from the museum about 100 years later. She believes it is in the hands of a private collector and wants it returned and publicly displayed as a recognition of Aboriginal history. "That breastplate belongs to nobody," Aunty Ros said.
Former mayor of Lismore Jenny Dowell dies aged 75
The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to a former regional mayor, hailing her as a trailblazer after her death. Jenny Dowell served as mayor of the New South Wales city of Lismore from 2008 until 2016. She died peacefully at home, aged 75, surrounded by her husband, Ron, children, Georgie and Tim, and her sister, Robyn. Ms Dowell decided on a voluntary assisted death after a cancer recurrence.
Program: Byron Bay's Bluesfest cancelled
Byron Bay's Bluesfest has been cancelled three weeks before acts like Split Enz and Earth Wind and Fire were due to take to the stage. The organisers are blaming rising costs. It is the latest in a series of problems for music festivals around the country. Featured: Ash Grunwald, Australian blues musician Olly Arkins, Australian Festival Association chief executive Saul Eslake, independent economist Ryan Limb, Party in the Paddock festival director Byron Bay's Bluesfest cancelled
Two people dead and a third in hospital after boat capsizes at Yamba
A man and a woman have died after a boat capsized at Yamba this morning. A third person is in hospital after being rescued by a passing vessel. There have been 45 coastal drownings in NSW since July 1, half of which were beach and rip related. A man and a woman have drowned and a third person is in hospital after a boat capsized at Yamba on the NSW far north coast. The incident happened just after 6:30am on the Clarence River bar near the Yamba breakwater.
Family shares torment over father's brutal killing as murderer sentenced
Rex Upton and Alexander Repin only crossed paths for the briefest of moments on the verandah of a house in northern New South Wales, but it was a violent encounter that ended Mr Upton's life and left his family reeling over the unprovoked murder. This week, as Repin was sentenced over the 2023 death in the Lismore Supreme Court, Mr Upton's family shared how the attack on the 89-year-old had devastated them.
Living School's innovative learning model prompts Victorian family to move to Lismore
Students from the Living School in Lismore are among more than 700,000 students across NSW who settled into school this week. Among them are children from a Torquay family that moved 1,500 kilometres to attend the progressive school. This year, the Living School will convert a CBD department store into the middle school campus. The chance sighting of a bus trundling down the main street of a northern New South Wales town almost three years ago was a life-changing moment for the Bolus family.
Tree bark microbes play a role in eliminating greenhouse gases, study finds
Tiny, gas-eating microbes hidden in the bark of trees in northern New South Wales hold a crucial clue in the fight against global warming, a study has revealed. The role of trees in combating carbon dioxide is well known, but a researchers from Southern Cross and Monash universities have learnt microbes in trees on the Tweed Coast are consuming harmful greenhouse gases, including methane, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
Fears fish protection measures could threaten Eden Creek Weir platypus population
Landholders have raised concerns over plans to remove a weir on a northern New South Wales creek to improve fish migration, fearing that this may come at the expense of platypus and other animals. Eden Creek Weir at Wyneden, about 10 kilometres north of Kyogle, was slated for removal in January as part of the New South Wales government's Fishway Program. The program is designed to remove obstructions in waterways, thereby improving fish migration.
Police arrest suspect after two injured in northern NSW shooting
Police have taken a person into custody after a man was shot and a pedestrian injured in northern NSW. The incident happened near Murwillumbah in the state's Northern Rivers. NSW Ambulance said a man in his 30s arrived at Murwillumbah Hospital with a gunshot wound and was taken to Gold Coast University Hospital. A pedestrian was also taken to Gold Coast University Hospital with chest, leg and arm injuries. It is unclear how many people were involved in the incident.
Boy escapes attempted abduction by man in balaclava in northern NSW
A principal has issued a warning to his school community after a man wearing gloves and a balaclava attempted to abduct a child from a bus stop in northern New South Wales. Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar principal Stuart Marquardt said the boy, aged about 12, had just stepped off a bus at the intersection of Ourimbah Road and Miles Street at Tweed Heads when a man tried to grab him on Tuesday afternoon.
Family of murdered backpacker Simone Strobel still seeking answers 20 years after death
German backpacker and kindergarten teacher Simone Strobel died in Lismore in 2005, and her naked body was discovered under palm fronds. Her family says the two inquests into her death did not hear from the "most important witnesses". The coroner has recommended NSW Homicide take over the investigation. The family of Simone Strobel, who was murdered while on holiday in northern New South Wales 20 years ago, says a second coronial inquest did not hear any evidence from the "most important" witnesses.
Coroner rules out boyfriend as suspect in backpacker death 20 years ago
German backpacker and kindergarten teacher, Simone Strobel, died in Lismore in 2005, and her naked body was discovered under palm fronds. Findings of a second inquest into the death have been delivered. The coroner recommended the case be handed to NSW Homicide to further investigate. A second inquest into the unsolved murder of a German backpacker on the NSW North Coast 20 years ago has rejected, and ruled unlawful, findings of a previous inquest that cast suspicion on her former boyfriend.
Watch and act warning issued for out-of-control bushfire in Northern NSW
Emergency warnings are expected later today for a bushfire in the Tenterfield region of Northern NSW at Drake. The RFS is advising people in the locality of "The Sticks" are at risk and should leave now — if not prepared — towards Tenterfield, but only if the way is clear. Fireground conditions are expected to worsen until a cool change arrives on Tuesday morning.
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