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Former sex worker jailed over drug act during Dubai vacation
A Bondi “energy healer” will spend at least eight months behind bars after being recruited during a Dubai holiday to become a cocaine money launderer. Former sex worker Delina Stevenson, 30, was sentenced in the NSW District Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of recklessly dealing with money at the risk of it becoming an instrument of crime.
Girlfriend breaks silence, school knife horror
Devastated friends and family have reacted with shock to horrific death of a 17-year-old boy, who a young girl desperately tried to save after he was stabbed in Sydney’s northwest. A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder – in what police say could be a robbery gone wrong – after the teen was found with a stab wound to his leg in Bruce Purser Reserve on Caballo St, Rouse Hill about 4.20pm on Monday. He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
Footage of alleged bus stabber emerges
A man has been arrested after another man was allegedly stabbed on a bus at Marrickville. NewsWire / Simon Bullard. Disturbing footage has emerged of the man accused of randomly stabbing another man on a bus in inner-city Sydney. The alleged assault happened about 1am on Addison Rd in the inner-west suburb of Marrickville overnight, with the attacker allegedly stabbing a 51-year-old man in the arm and hand before getting off the bus and fleeing the scene.
Australian MAGA cafe closes after just six weeks of operation, owner blames ‘snowflakes’
A cafe owner has closed his business just six weeks after opening in Sydney’s inner west, blaming “snowflakes” for the failure of his latest venture. Mark Da Costa opened Bueno Eatery in St. Peter’s in March after closing down his Waterloo cafe, Hale and Hearty, in 2020 after being involved in a series of internet controversies, in which he called a community member a homophobic slur.
Australian election 2025: Albanese, Dutton to face off in third leaders’ debate
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will face off for the third of four leaders’ debates on Tuesday night, as the disrupted election campaign resumes. The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader on Tuesday paused planned campaign events for the May 3 election, following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday. The leaders had been expecting to ramp up campaigning after the Easter four-day long weekend and before the Anzac Day long weekend starting on Friday, as early voting began.
Australian election 2025: Albanese, Dutton to face off in third leaders’ debate
Australian election 2025: Albanese, Dutton to face off in third leaders’ debate
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese, Dutton campaign on day 25
The first votes in the May 3 federal election will be cast from Tuesday, as campaigning is overshadowed by the death of Pope Francis. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are still expected to front the third leaders’ debate on Tuesday night, but the Prime Minister has already shelved some events. The Opposition Leader has said “today’s not the day for big politicking”. Early voting gets underway Early voting polls have opened across the country ahead of the May 3 election.
Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie says ‘zero’ clinics to close if elected
Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie says ‘zero’ clinics to close if elected
Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie says ‘zero’ clinics to close if elected
Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie has accused employment minister Murray Watt of “lying” to the country over her party’s supposed cuts to Medicare, staring down the barrel of the camera and vowing “zero” clinics would be cut during an intense interview on Sky News. Her comments came after an interview with Mr Watt in which the Labor frontbencher said the Coalition would have “no choice” but to cut Medicare clinics in order to fund the party’s proposed seven nuclear power plants.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s $750m crime crackdown pledge
Peter Dutton has vowed to “stand up” to “crime gangs” if elected, announcing a $750m package to tackle criminal activity across the nation. Dubbed “Operation Safer Communities”, the Opposition Leader’s plan would implement a national drug strike team and a 12-month pilot of a National Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme. The latter would allow parents to find out whether an adult who interacts with their child is a convicted sex offender.
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese, Dutton campaign on day 23
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese, Dutton campaign on day 23
With just two weeks left in the election campaign, the Prime Minister was all smiles and swagger as he received a warm welcome at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Saturday. And he has good reason for it too, with the latest polling showing clear growth in his appeal to the electorate. But asked if he was feeling confident heading into the final two weeks before he May 3 election, Mr Albanese was quick to push back, pointing to Labor’s disastrous result in 2019.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s ‘dud’ campaign week
After every federal election, there’s a campaign week that is looked back on as the decider. A week where the puzzle pieces start to come together and one camp is forced to ask “do we need to change tack?” For Peter Dutton, week three needed to be a winner. Instead, it was an absolute dud. A “mistake” on Russian planes in Indonesia. A delayed admission on housing deposits for his kids. A muddled “aspiration” on tax reforms.
Federal election live updates: Albanese, Dutton campaign on day 22
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could defy the odds to return to power with a majority government in “one of the most significant electoral shifts in living memory”, new polling shows. The latest pulse check, conducted by Redbridge Group and Accent Research during week three of the federal election campaign, found there had been a 9 per cent drop in the Coalition’s primary vote since February. Things are worse for the party on a two-party preferred basis.
Toto steals Albo’s show on campaign walk
It will be a quiet day for both the Prime Minister and Opposition Leader on Friday as both men observe Good Friday with a reprieve from the campaign, before early voting starts next Tuesday. The two leaders have called a truce on full campaigning for at least Good Friday and Easter Sunday, each delivering a message to voters for the Easter break on Thursday.
Australian Election 2025: Albanese, Dutton wish Australians happy Easter as campaigns wind down for long weekend
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have wrapped up campaigning for the May 3 federal election as Australian voters switch off for the four-day Easter long weekend. The leaders are expected to suspend full campaigning until at least Monday, while most Australian enjoy the break. Fresh out of a stint painting eggs and rabbits with young children at the Goodstart Early Learning centre in Wishart in Brisbane on Thursday, the Prime Minister wished Australians a happy Easter.
Australian Election 2025: Albanese, Dutton wish Australians happy Easter as campaigns wind down for long weekend
Australian Election 2025: Albanese, Dutton wish Australians happy Easter as campaigns wind down for long weekend
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese and Dutton campaign on day 20
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton took the rare step of admitting he had made a mistake during the second leaders’ debate on Wednesday night, with the issue set to dominate an otherwise quiet week on the campaign trail. Reports emerged on Tuesday that Russia had asked Indonesia to allow it to base military aircraft on their territory.
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese and Dutton campaign on day 20
Federal election 2025 live updates: Albanese and Dutton campaign on day 20
Federal Election 2025: Albanese, Dutton face off in second leaders’ debate
Federal Election 2025: Albanese, Dutton face off in second leaders’ debate
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will go head-to-head once again in their second leader’s debate of the 2025 election on Wednesday night at the ABC’s new Parramatta office. Security measures have been beefed up ahead of the debate – scheduled for an 8pm AEST start – with a major pro-Palestinian protest set to take place outside the studios.
Albanese ministers lash Peter Dutton for “reckless, aggro” comments over claims Russia wanted to base war planes in Indonesia
Albanese ministers lash Peter Dutton for “reckless, aggro” comments over claims Russia wanted to base war planes in Indonesia
Albanese ministers lash Peter Dutton for “reckless, aggro” comments over claims Russia wanted to base war planes in Indonesia
Peter Dutton has ignited an election brawl over national security, raising concern over the relationship between Russia and Indonesia while accusing Foreign Minister Penny Wong of being “out of depth”. The Opposition Leader’s comments come after open source military website Janes redeported Russia had made an official request to base several long-range aircraft at Manhua air force Base in Indonesia’s Papua province – 1300km from Australia.
Australian election: Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton on Day 19 of the election campaign
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will face off in the second leaders debate of the election campaign, just days after they released big spending policies at the respective campaign launches. The Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader will return to Sydney for Wednesday evening’s event, to be hosted by the ABC. It comes a week after the Sky News/Daily Telegraph People’s Forum was awarded to the Prime Minister by 44 of the 100 undecided voters in the audience.
Australian election: Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton on Day 19 of the election campaign
Australian election: Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton on Day 19 of the election campaign
Australian election 2025: Peter Dutton says he will help his three kids into housing market
Australian election 2025: Peter Dutton says he will help his three kids into housing market
Australian election 2025: Peter Dutton says he will help his three kids into housing market
Peter Dutton has finally admitted he will be helping his kids out with a house deposit, after dodging the question for nearly 24 hours. The Opposition Leader was again pressed on whether he would be helping his three children after his son Harry told reporters on Monday he was “saving like mad” to save for his home. Harry was out campaigning with his father again while in Victoria on Tuesday, with the 20-year-old staying well away from the press conference podium this time around.
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 18
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 18
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 18
What’s the difference between the housing policies of Labor and the Liberals? Anthony Albanese says it’s supply. Peter Dutton says it’s his five-year mortgage tax deduction. In either case, first homebuyers have emerged as an integral voting bloc for Labor and the Liberals as campaigning for the 2025 federal election enters into its third week.
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 17
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese went all out over the weekend, announcing major cost of living relief for millions of Australians. On Saturday night, the Prime Minister pledged $10 billion to build 100,000 homes exclusively for first homebuyers, as well as access to a five per cent deposit, with the rest to be covered by the government. Mr Dutton put forward a $10 billion plan of his own – a one-off tax cut of up to $1200 for workers earning under $144,000. On Sunday, they switched places.
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 17
Federal election live updates: Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese campaign on day 17
Coalition drops further in latest Newspoll as Federal Election looms
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has fallen further out of favour with Australians, with the Coalition’s primary vote dropping once again according to the latest Newspoll. Released by the Australian on Sunday night, the second Newspoll of the campaign revealed Labor has held a national two-party-preferred lead of 52-48, with the Coalition’s primary vote support falling a point to 35 per cent. The figure is now lower than the Coalition’s primary vote before losing the 2022 election.
Coalition drops further in latest Newspoll as Federal Election looms
Coalition drops further in latest Newspoll as Federal Election looms
‘Worked pretty hard at the years to hide it’: Dutton opens up about “emotional gene” inherited from his father
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has spoken about the “emotional gene” he inherited from his father, in a video played at the Liberals campaign launch in Western Sydney. The video, which featured messages from his wife and three kids, showed Mr Dutton speaking about his family – who also spoke about his “Mr Potato Head” nickname. In the video, Mr Dutton said he felt he had inherited his “father’s emotional gene unfortunately”. “I think I’ve worked pretty hard at the years to hide it.
‘Worked pretty hard at the years to hide it’: Dutton opens up about “emotional gene” inherited from his father
‘Worked pretty hard at the years to hide it’: Dutton opens up about “emotional gene” inherited from his father
Iconic bar forced to fundraise to stay afloat
A beloved Brisbane bar has launched a fundraiser to stay afloat amid the cost of living crisis, with fears the venue may be forced to close its doors. Jamie Simmonds, who owns the iconic live music venue The Bearded Lady in West End, said the bar has been on the brink of collapse as costs skyrocket. “This is the worst it has ever been,” he said. “Everything has kept going up and up; people chasing money left, right and centre.
‘Two-tier economy’: Truth about packed restaurants
A woman who forked out $60 on a prawn entree with “three prawns on the plate” at a packed restaurant has declared Australia has a “two-tier economy”. Kristie Hannah, a stock and property investor, took to X after visiting Perth’s ritzy waterfront diner 6Head last weekend. Ms Hannah revealed she spent $379 on “two glasses of wine, two entrees and two mains” at the popular steakhouse.
‘Nazi’: Tasmania’s only Tesla dealership vandalised in protest of Elon Musk
News Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Tasmania’s only Telsa store has been vandalised with graffiti, labelling CEO Elon Musk a “Nazi”. The shop front, located in Derwent Park in Hobart, was graffitied with the phrase “Do you really want to drive a swasticar?” alongside a photo of Musk captioned “Heil TeSSla.” Grassroots Action Network Tasmania (GRANT) posted photos of the vandalism to their Facebook page.
MAGA cafe owner to reopen after controversies
A pro-Trump owner who shut down his cafe after making a series of offensive comments online, including homophobic slurs, has asked for “forgiveness” from the community ahead of the opening of his new cafe in Sydney’s inner west. Mark Da Costa closed his Waterloo cafe Hale and Hearty in 2020 after being involved in a series of internet controversies in which he called a member of the community a “p**f” and declared his cafe a “Donald Trump safe zone” which served pancakes with a “side of racism”.
Fight over the estate of Sydney Olympic FC President
EXCLUSIVE The family of a football legend has been left reeling after a Greek woman claimed she was in a relationship with the 55-year-old before he died of cancer in 2023, launching legal action to gain a portion of his estate. Athens woman Angela Bardi told the NSW Supreme Court last week that she met George Giannaros, who was the former Sydney Olympic FC President, in Greece in 2018 before the pair engaged in a relationship.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred: Northern NSW and Lismore prepare for worst - again
One community in the firing line of dangerous and devastating weather from Tropical Cyclone Alfred is still struggling to recover from record-breaking floods three years ago. Lismore, a regional city in northern New South Wales, was decimated by 14.4 metre floods back in 2022 — with news.com.au only last week reporting businesses there were at a “make or break” point to stay open, with many still drowning in tax debts and rebuild repayments in the wake of the disaster.
Gov urged to reduce tobacco costs amid ‘crisis’
EXCLUSIVE Convenience stores and petrol stations across Australia are urging the government to lower cigarette prices over fears the violent tobacco wars are turning into a “national crisis”. Last week, yearly financial results were released from two of the nation’s biggest petrol station owners – Ampol and Viva Energy – and showed that local stores are being smashed by the illegal market, with both reporting major slumps for the year.
Brother begs Australian court to free Thai sugar baby
EXCLUSIVE The brother of a woman who allegedly swindled millions in a Ponzi scheme has begged an Australian judge to “free” his sister, labelling the police allegations “a lie”. Siriluck Fatima Chimmalee, 32, has been charged with 57 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception and self-represented as she made a bid for bail in the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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