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Cleric linked to alleged Bondi shooter defends ‘controversial’
A western Sydney cleric who claimed Jews want to destroy Islam has issued a defiant statement after his religious centre was linked to Sunday’s Bondi massacre and faced calls to be shut down. An under-fire cleric from western Sydney who regularly speaks at a religious centre linked to one of the alleged Bondi terrorists says “controversial or unpopular speech is lawful unless it breaches specific legal thresholds”.
‘Too many Aussies driving high’: Cops’ fail on drug testing targets
NSW Police has failed to meet mandated drug-driving testing targets six years in a row, as the number of fatalities attributed to drivers being under the influence of illegal substances has surged, according to exclusive data compiled by the NRMA. Research by the road safety organisation found that NSW Police conducted 160,000 tests in 2023 – well short of its target of 200,000 – while related deaths to drug driving rose to 79, up from 55 the year prior.
Inside the plot to murder John Ibrahim: police
Two men planned to kill Sydney identity John Ibrahim outside his home in an execution-style assassination that has “all the hallmarks of an organised crime contract murder”, police allege. For the first time, The Daily Telegraph can reveal that police will argue in court that Yousif Zrayka, 21, and Siaosi Tupoulahi, 24, took steps to commit the “execution-style murder of a high-profile member of the community with links to organised crime through their family”.
Taylor Swift takes Eras Tour to Singapore, leaving behind wowed fans and happy kids with their keepsake hats
READING LEVEL: GREEN Taylor Swift’s down under adventure is over for now with the superstar singer leaving Australia for six sellout concerts in Singapore. She leaves behind an estimated $145 million economic impact* on New South Wales businesses following her four sold out Eras Tour concerts at Accor stadium. During her concerts, Swift made the Wildest Dreams of some young fans come true when she had them meet her at the stage to receive one of her hats and a priceless hug.
Oatlands crash: Abdallah family to host family festival on i4Give Day
A new memorial day in honour of four children killed in the Oatlands car crash will include a free family festival for the first time this year. NSW Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. A memorial day in honour of four children killed in the Oatlands car crash will include a free family festival for the first time this year to encourage people to come together.
Charlotte Cook: Teen girl, 16, found after Bellevue Hill disappearance
A Bellevue Hill teenager who went missing late on Christmas Eve has been located following a public appeal. Police earlier asked for the public’s help to find 16-year-old Charlotte Cook, who was last seen at her Beresford Rd home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs about 11pm on Christmas Eve. She had left her house but had failed to return when her family raised the alarm was to authorities.
Sam Burgess: Former Rabbitohs star allegedly fails roadside drug test
Former Rabbitohs star Sam Burgess has been charged after allegedly driving while suspended — but he denies he took any illicit substances after also allegedly failing a roadside drug test. FORMER NRL star Sam Burgess has denied taking any illicit drugs after he was arrested over allegedly failing a roadside drug test in Sydney. Police said the 34-year-old was pulled over while driving a BMW x5 on Bunnerong Rd in Kingsford about 10am on Thursday.
Sam Burgess: Former Rabbitohs star allegedly fails roadside drug test
Former Rabbitohs star Sam Burgess has been arrested after allegedly failing a roadside drug test — but he denies he took any illicit substances. FORMER NRL star Sam Burgess has denied taking any illicit drugs after he was arrested over allegedly failing a roadside drug test in Sydney. Police said the 34-year-old was pulled over while driving a BMW x5 on Bunnerong Rd in Kingsford about 10am on Thursday. Burgess was given a drug test and allegedly returned a positive result.
The Daily Telegraph journalists, cartoonist win 2022 News Awards
The Daily Telegraph has cleaned up at the 2022 News Awards overnight, scoring two prized gongs including one for the masthead’s hit crime documentary series The War. NSW Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Daily Telegraph journalists – and also our cartoonist – have cleaned up at the prestigious 2022 News Awards.
Luciano Leilua: NRL player charged by cops with DV offences, Cowboys, Samoa
A NRL player who police allege assaulted a woman has been arrested at a southwest Sydney home. Police allege North Queensland Cowboys player Luciano Leilua assaulted the 26-year-old woman, who is known to him, before smashing her phone. Officers went to the home in Harrington Park and arrested Leilua on Monday. He was taken to Camden police station where he was charged with two domestic violence offences – common assault and damaging or destroying property.
Luciano Leilua: NRL player charged by cops with DV offences, Cowboys, Samoa
A NRL player who police allege assaulted a woman has been arrested at a southwest Sydney home. Police allege North Queensland Cowboys player Luciano Leilua assaulted the 26-year-old woman, who is known to him, before smashing her phone. Officers went to the home in Harrington Park and arrested Leilua on Monday. He was taken to Camden police station where he was charged with two domestic violence offences – common assault and damaging or destroying property.
Cricketer Usman Khawaja’s brother refused parole after framing love rival
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Mick Fuller’s innovative new plan to help Aboriginal youngsters
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Indigenous Sport Month: How a single mum created a rugby league powerhouse
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Indigenous Sport Month: Indigenous kids live their dreams on the footy field
Across country NSW Aboriginal schoolchildren live and breathe only one thing – rugby league. “Wilcannia, Bourke, Brewarrina, Walgett, Menindee … rugby league is our heart and soul,” elder Rossi Morris said in Broken Hill, 1140km west of Sydney. “If we didn’t have footy out here, we’d have nothing.” And this fierce passion for the game is shown at the highest level – with Indigenous people accounting for only 2 per cent of the country’s population but a massive 12 per cent of NRL players.
Indigenous Sport Month: Indigenous kids live their dreams on the footy field
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Black Summer RFS hero on ‘last stand’ during New Year’s Eve blaze on south coast
When a ferocious blaze bore down on Nerrigundah at the bottom of a NSW south coast valley, firefighter Simon Baguley decided to make a brave last stand to defend the town. From inside a fire shed, the RFS deputy captain, 49, and other brigade members worked desperately to stop the structure from giving in while protecting evacuated residents who had huddled inside as the massive blaze descended on New Year’s Eve, 2019.
South West Super Cup: Cops launch new competition
A new touch football tournament hosted by NSW Police in western Sydney is aiming to break down barriers between officers and young people. The inaugural South West Super Cup was held at Cabramatta Rugby League Club on Wednesday and involved 16 mixed teams of year 7 students from local schools playing footy with cops. The thinking behind the tournament was to create an opportunity for police and youth to interact in a positive environment outside of the criminal justice system.
Jessica Camilleri sentenced to 21 years for mother Rita’s decapitation
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Nine news boss Darren Wick charged with high range drink driving
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Woman found alone at home with critical injuries
by Derrick Krusche 11th Oct 2020 5:16 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Detectives are trying to piece together how a woman suffered critical injuries while alone in a northern NSW house. A family member found the 44-year-old with head injuries after arriving at the Elfran Ave home in Pottsville, south of Tweed Heads, about 6pm on Saturday.
BizRebuild: Sir Peter Cosgrove helps bushfire victim get back on the road
Mal Rixon narrowly survived the bushfires of last summer, but his bus was not as lucky. That is where a charity headed by Sir Peter Cosgrove stepped in to help. Fortunately, the manager of Mogo’s Rixon’s Bus Services found help in high places and the Business Council’s bushfire charity BizRebuild - spearheaded by former governor-general Sir Peter Cosgrove - stepped in to give him a much needed leg up.
The faces of Queensland’s heartbreaking border closure
by Derrick Krusche, James O’Doherty, Clare Armstrong, Joe Attanasio 2nd Sep 2020 5:19 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Distraught NSW parents whose children need lifesaving medical treatment in Brisbane say Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has made them feel like they're "doing something wrong" by seeking it.
Inside the puppy scam that’s ripping off Aussie families
by Derrick Krusche 17th Aug 2020 8:39 PM Premium Content Subscriber only An alarming number of criminals are duping families into buying puppies that never arrive during the coronavirus pandemic, a senior police officer has warned. NSW Police has already received more than 170 reports of pet scams and made multiple arrests this year, a big spike compared to previous years with fraudsters posing as genuine breeders and asking customers seeking companionship during restrictions to pay upfront.
Junaid Thorne: How undercover cop snared WA’s firebrand Muslim preacher
TerrorismAustraliaWA NewsCrime Derrick KruscheThe Daily Telegraph Sun, 9 August 2020 4:21PMPremium Subscribe to the West Australian Premium This article is available to subscribers who have digital access included in their subscription. Already a Subscriber? Subscribe now and get unlimited access to award-winning journalism from Western Australia’s biggest newsroom and across the state.
High Court judge Dyson Heydon harassed women: inquiry
Derrick KruscheThe Daily Telegraph Tuesday, 23 June 2020 10:42AMPremium Subscribe to the West Australian Premium This article is available to subscribers who have digital access included in their subscription. Already a Subscriber? Subscribe now and get unlimited access to award-winning journalism from Western Australia’s biggest newsroom and across the state.
‘Slow drip of trauma’: Go behind The Night Watch
The brave women and men who tirelessly protect us, rescue us and save us constantly carry the burden of that responsibility – and not just when they put their uniforms on. Read, watch, listen and experience The Night Watch. Psychologist Stephen Heydt says emergency services professionals are exposed to a “slow drip of trauma” over the course of their careers. Camera IconThe Night Watch series – coming soon.
NSW drought: Mud means money for Eurobodalla farmer after fires
Fourth-generation farmer Peter Lavis has gone through last summer’s punishing extremes — fires then floods — but with the current solid rainfall he’s ready to make hay while the sun shines That’s the view of fourth-generation south coast farmer Peter Lavis, who has been enjoying solid rainfall after the region was pounded by drought, fires and floods.
Complaint made against bushfire wildlife heroes
by DERRICK KRUSCHE 25th Feb 2020 6:59 PM premium_icon Subscriber only A wildlife carer couple say they were reported to animal welfare authorities for euthanising a badly-burnt wallaby in the wake of the bushfire disaster. Sara Tilling and Gary Henderson lost almost everything when fire tore through their Cobargo Wildlife Sanctuary on New Year's Eve.
There are calls for people on the dole to be encouraged to help bushfire-ravaged towns
An organisation helping in bushfire recovery efforts wants the government to provide free transport to people on the dole who could come in to help ravaged areas recover. Unemployed people who want to go to the bushfire-ravaged regions of Australia and offer their time should have their fuel paid for by the federal government, according to the founder of volunteer organisation BlazeAid.
Team Rubicon help rebuild razed towns in Australia
A crack team of British military veterans and retired emergency workers have been deployed to the state’s south coast to help with the bushfire recovery effort. The special squad — which is part of veteran-led disaster response organisation Team Rubicon — includes a former soldier, retired London police officer and even an arborist who has been helping to cut down trees around the devastated town of Cobargo.
Squad of retired British vets help rebuild razed towns
The special squad — which is part of veteran-led disaster response organisation Team Rubicon — includes a former soldier, retired London police officer and even an arborist who has been helping to cut down trees around the devastated town of Cobargo. The special squad — which is part of veteran-led disaster response organisation Team Rubicon — includes a former soldier, retired London police officer and even an arborist who has been helping to cut down trees around the devastated town of Cobargo.
Accused Delta stalker arrested over Valentine’s delivery
by Derrick Krusche 16th Feb 2020 5:48 PM | Updated: 7:15 PM premium_icon Subscriber only An obsessed fan barraged Delta Goodrem with hundreds of love poems before arriving at her CBD unit on Valentine's Day and the following day, police allege in court documents. Unemployed Grafton man James Lafferty, 47, appeared in Parramatta Bail Court today after being arrested outside her unit on Saturday - the second day he had been there - and charged with stalking The Voice judge.
Accused Delta Goodrem stalker arrested over Valentine’s Day delivery
Derrick KruscheThe Daily Telegraph Sunday, 16 February 2020 5:32PMPremium Subscribe to the West Australian Premium This article is available to subscribers who have digital access included in their subscription. Already a Subscriber? Subscribe now and get unlimited access to award-winning journalism from Western Australia’s biggest newsroom and across the state.
‘Fly high angels’: Tearful prayers for Oatlands crash victims
Derrick KruscheThe Daily Telegraph Monday, 10 February 2020 11:10AMPremium Subscribe to the West Australian Premium This article is available to subscribers who have digital access included in their subscription. Already a Subscriber? Subscribe now and get unlimited access to award-winning journalism from Western Australia’s biggest newsroom and across the state.
‘Saliva wasn’t mine’: Steamy pash DUI defence rejected
by Derrick Krusche 7th Feb 2020 12:47 PM premium_icon Subscriber only A woman who claimed she only tested positive for cocaine because she kissed a man on a steamy first date has lost her licence. Skye Yannieh, 31, appeared in Waverley Local Court and pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle with an illicit drug present in her oral fluid after being pulled over by police on Botany Rd in Matraville last September.
I can't hate him, says mother of children killed in crash
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By Derrick Krusche, Kaitlyn Hudson-O’Farrell, Jessica McSweeney, Adella Beaini, The Daily Telegraph Led by a priest, the mourners also prayed the Stations of the Cross along the road where the children were struck. Mourners spilt over onto the street and blocked off traffic as they sang Christian hymns and recited the Lord’s Prayer only metres from where the children were killed.
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Residents flee south coast towns as fears five fires will merge into mega-blaze
Camera IconCredit: The Sunday Telegraph The south coast was ablaze last night, with five emergency-level fires near Batlow at risk of merging. In the town famous for its apples, fireys scrambled to save homes and put out spot fires, and explosions echoed around the evacuated streets. As fireys feared and had predicted, as many as five fires in the area were last night threatening to merge. Camera IconFire crews did everything they could to save this home in Batlow.
Five fires set to merge into mega-blaze on south coast
Surrounded by a mega-blaze that authorities warned couldn’t be stopped, Batlow was still battling last night, holding on despite houses lost, choking clouds of smoke and spot fires everywhere. As fireys feared and had predicted, as many as five fires in the area were last night threatening to merge. media_cameraFire crews did everything they could to save this home in Batlow.
NSW Bushfires: Batemans Bay residents wait for fire to hit again
In Batemans Bay the usually popular streets have been deserted and many people have taken to sleeping in their cars instead of trying to get a spot in an evacuation centre set up in Hanging Rock. Jasmin Brett, 53, who lives alone and runs an online store selling homewares, faces an anxious wait to learn if her house emerges unscathed today because it sits adjacent to bushland in the town.
Batemans Bay locals take to sleeping in cars as fire threatens
Camera IconBatemans bay local Jasmin Brett and her pup Lilly have moved into town at the river’s edge for safety. PictureJohn Grainger Credit: News Corp Australia The usually popular streets of the coastal town of Batemans Bay have been deserted as tourists flee and locals including Jasmin Brett take to sleeping in their cars as fires again threaten to hit today.
NSW south coast bushfire: Historic evacuation in face of ‘firestorm’
The biggest evacuation in Australia’s history is underway with thousands ordered out of entire towns, national parks and south coast holiday hamlets that are in the path of a “firestorm.” Residents in towns in the Kosciuszko National Park, including Thredbo, and in Batlow and surrounding areas in the Riverina joined the exodus amid warnings it was not “if but when” the inferno hits.
Escape from hell: Go now or you may die
Camera IconCredit: News Corp Australia The biggest evacuation in Australia’s history is underway with thousands ordered out of entire towns, national parks and south coast holiday hamlets that are in the path of a “firestorm.” Residents in towns in the Kosciuszko National Park, including Thredbo, and in Batlow and surrounding areas in the Riverina joined the exodus amid warnings it was not “if but when” the inferno hits.
High-end real estate agents in the market for a good lawyer
by Derrick Krusche 29th Dec 2019 7:39 AM premium_icon Subscriber only They are used to the glitz and glamour of the Harbour City's high-end property market but Sydney's real estate agents have found themselves more at home in the courtroom this year. The Daily Telegraph was in court as agents were sentenced to jail time for a wide array of offences in 2019 with many subjected to courtroom lashings by exasperated magistrates and judges fed up with their behaviour.
NSW bushfires: The hero RFS volunteers who fight for you
A man who put a new job on the backburner, a 22-year-old woman who stared down deadly flames and a crew who are willing to forego Christmas lunch. KNOW A HERO? TELL US ABOUT THEM JOB SEARCH PUT ON HOLD Camera IconCredit: News Corp Australia Scott King, 40, was due to start a new job as the Green Wattle Creek fire began weeks ago but it never eventuated. “I have not been able to really apply for work or look around for anything else at the moment,” Mr King said.
NSW bushfires: Homes, properties destroyed in Balmoral, Dargan
Two country NSW towns have been almost entirely wiped off the map by bushfires as more than 100 buildings were razed to the ground across the state on a horror day of catastrophic conditions. Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed the “bad news” there was “not much left” of Balmoral, south west of Sydney, where flames up to 40m high are believed to have destroyed a dozen homes in the small town of less than 300 people on Saturday.
Homes, properties destroyed by bushfires in Balmoral and Dargan
Camera IconCredit: News Corp Australia More than 100 buildings were razed to the ground on a horror day of bushfires, leaving many residents in Balmoral, south west of Sydney, and Dargan, north of the Blue Mountains, without homes. This comes as one man has been reported missing.
NSW bushfires: Catastrophic fire danger forecast for NSW
Catastrophic conditions are forecast for Saturday in Sydney and parts of NSW with temperatures topping 40C and dangerous westerly winds creating a weather nightmare for firefighters. Conditions are expected to be worse than Thursday when two firefighters were killed battling out-of-control blazes as the Rural Fire Service warned fires could spot up to 18km ahead of the main fire front and a strong southerly buster is expected in the afternoon.
Catastrophic fire danger forecast for NSW
Camera IconCredit: Matrix Exhausted firefighters are bracing to endure another ‘dangerously hot’ day tomorrow with catastrophic fire danger forecast for parts of the state - including Greater Sydney. The Bureau of Meteorology on Friday warned that temperatures could rise into the mid-40s in western Sydney on Saturday, with strong winds and intensely dry conditions creating additional danger.
Magistrate accepts drug driving ‘honesty’ defence
by Derrick Krusche 6th Aug 2019 12:00 AM premium_icon Subscriber only A MAGISTRATE who lobbied for softer cannabis laws as a lawyer, has let off drivers charged with drug driving because they "honestly" believed marijuana would be out of their system. Lismore magistrate David Heilpern's acceptance of the "honest and reasonable mistake of fact" defence in a recent case has surprised a senior lawyer who said it could open up a gateway for drug drivers to get off "scot-free".
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