Saturday, June 25, 2016

Man drives through Syd park during pursuit and other top stories.

  • Man drives through Syd park during pursuit

    A man who was allegedly armed with a gun when he sexually assaulted a woman in a Sydney CBD motel room is in hospital following a police pursuit that saw him drive through a park.Police say the man failed to stop at Bondi around 11.30am on Saturday and travelled through a park before crashing into a parked car on Old South Head Road.They will allege he is the same man who sexually assaulted and robbed a 22-year-old woman at a motel on Park St on June 19.He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital unde..
    >> view original

  • Arrests in Kingsville attempted murder and robbery probe

    Arrests in Kingsville attempted murder and robbery probe
    CCTV released from 2011 attempted murder and armed robbery0:53Armed Crime Squad detectives have released CCTV and are hoping to identify two men following an armed robbery at a bottle shop and attempted murder in Kingsville in 2011. TWO brothers have been charged with a raft of offences including armed robbery, theft and attempted murder in Melbourne’s west five years ago. Dingley Village resident Craig Vitale, 27, and his brother Wayne, 25 of Hampton Park, did not apply for bail this morning a..
    >> view original

  • Shorten's town hall meeting gets feisty

    Shorten's town hall meeting gets feisty
    Booze and town hall meetings might not be the best combination, as Bill Shorten discovered in southeast Queensland. A minor brouhaha broke out as the opposition leader fielded questions from the public at the Caboolture RSL Club, which has a sign out the front saying: "Great food, great fun and great times." Labor supporter Pauline Freeman from Bribie Island stood up to ask a long rambling question. During a three-minute spiel she canvassed underpaid supermarket trolley boys, obesity, Bob Hawke..
    >> view original

  • Man screamed after overboard fall

    Man screamed after overboard fall
    The Spirit of Tasmania 1 arrives. Picture: Chris KiddA MAN who jumped overboard from the Spirit of Tasmania 1 a few hours into its voyage from Melbourne to Devonport was screaming for help as passengers watched helplessly on in horror.The man — identified by police as a 45-year-old from Ballarat — could not be saved despite desperate attempts by crew members for more than an hour to pluck him from the freezing waters. The rescue mission was hindered by massive swells and darkness with the man ev..
    >> view original

  • Paul Keating with Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese at the rally in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: Christopher Pearce

    Paul Keating with Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese at the rally in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: Christopher Pearce
    Paul Keating with Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese at the rally in Sydney on Saturday. Photo: Christopher Pearce Anthony Albanese​ has been quietly sitting on an ace in his battle to retain his seat of Grayndler against the Greens.He pulled it out on Saturday morning, as Labor icon and former prime minister Paul Keating made a rare appearance on the hustings at the Petersham Town Hall – in the heart of Grayndler – before a handpicked audience of ALP campai..
    >> view original

  • Black ice crash: Two killed in Daylesford

    Black ice crash: Two killed in Daylesford
    Black ice is believed to have caused an accident that killed a Swan Hill couple near Daylesford on Saturday. Photo: Paul Rovere Tributes are flowing for a Swan Hill couple killed when their car hit a tree north-west of Melbourne on Saturday, in what police say is a crash caused by "black ice".Michael and Jo Glare were killed after their Holden Commodore left the Midland Highway in Daylesford and narrowly avoided an oncoming car before hitting a tree just befo..
    >> view original

  • Queensland weather: Colder conditions on the way

    Queensland weather: Colder conditions on the way
    Wearing a jacket and scarf on top - but only shorts down below - a Southbank lifeguard dressed for the chilly weather in a typically Queensland fashion ahead of the coldest day of the year.Brisbane is expected to drop to just six degrees on Sunday, heralding winter's arrival. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Coldest night of the year Airlift after Warrego crash Artificial reef to save Palm Beach Gambaro to quit politics ..
    >> view original

  • Snow for Blue Mountains, as Sydney shivers through frigid gale-force winds

    Snow for Blue Mountains, as Sydney shivers through frigid gale-force winds
    Caity Stone - Yahoo7 News on June 25, 2016, 11:33 am Video Blue Mountains turned white with wild snowfall The brutal cold snap has continued into the weekend as parts of New South Wales are blanketed by snow while Sydney braces for continuing chilly blasts.The heavy snowfall and ice buildup has caused widespread congestion on roads in country NSW, forcing the closure of stretches of highway.The Great Western Highway between Yetholme and Marangaroo, west of Lithgow, has..
    >> view original

Coup closer as members show numbers to force Parramatta Eels board meeting .Researchers find genes in algae that could stop coral bleaching .
Mute England coach Wayne Bennett wins support from Canterbury Bulldogs prop James Graham .Vanuatu bus crash victims arrive in Brisbane .

No comments:

Post a Comment