Ballina
The phone rang at 5.40pm. It became ‘the darkest night’ in these marine rescuers’ history
With a yacht in distress on one of Australia’s most treacherous coastal bar crossings, Marine Rescue NSW rushed to respond. It is now mourning two of its members.
- Jack Gramenz
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Hero volunteers killed in northern NSW yacht rescue identified
Bill Ewen and Frank Petsch died when their rescue boat capsized off the South Ballina breakwall. A man, believed to have been on the yacht, was also found dead.
- Jack Gramenz, Sarah McPhee and Emily Kaine
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‘I’m just going to murder you in the end anyway’: Former UFC fighter accused of intimidation
“Super Samoan” Mark Hunt was granted bail after spending a night in police custody. A court heard he also allegedly texted a death threat to the woman.
- Amber Schultz
DPP lawyer accused of inappropriate relationships with inmates, receiving proceeds of crime
Vanessa O’Bryan is facing a string of charges after her home was raided by police. It is the latest controversy for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
- Michaela Whitbourn and Perry Duffin
Old Quarter Coffee Merchants
Exceptional coffee is the standard at this small-batch roastery and cafe.
- David Matthews
Police commissioner rejects critical findings into woman’s bashing death
It took police nearly an hour to respond to a Triple Zero call that a man was “bashing the hell out of his woman”.
- Amber Schultz and Jessica McSweeney
Beach closed after shark knocks surfer off board
A surfer has been knocked off their board at a beach south of Byron Bay as new details emerge about the death of a boy in Sydney Harbour.
- Jack Gramenz
The Triple Zero call came at 7.03pm. Lindy’s body wasn’t found until after midnight
Emergency services were told “there’s a man bashing the hell out of his woman”. Lindy Lucena later died 600 metres from a police station.
- Amber Schultz
‘Great place to live’: NSW regional towns where house prices rose most
Tree-changers, locals and investors armed with interest rate cuts are pushing up property prices beyond Sydney.
- Elizabeth Redman
Mass fish kill chokes waterways in Byron region
The rivers of the NSW North Coast are clogged with thousands of suffocating fish, prawns, eels, and crabs.
- Angus Dalton