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Twenty-four-year-old volunteer surf lifesaver Charlie Verco brought in a woman who had been attacked by a shark at Coogee Beach on Saturday morning. Saturday 13th June 2026. Photo: Sitthixay Ditthavong

‘I couldn’t fight off the shark’: The hero paddleboarder who rescued Coogee attack victim

Charlie Verco paddled furiously to help when he saw a 35-year-old woman being mauled by a white shark at Coogee Beach.

  • Kate Aubusson

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A police search takes place after a man’s body was found at the dock of Bayview Park on Saturday, 13 June.

‘Rock any mother to the core’: Bodies of girl, father found in Parramatta River

The bodies of a man and his young daughter have been found after a boat was seen drifting in the Parramatta River in Sydney’s inner west. 

  • Kate Aubusson
Drone footage taken of a shark off Coogee beach in Sydney on Saturday.

Chilling footage shows shark moments after Coogee Beach attack

A three-metre shark swims slowly across the bay moments after a woman was pulled from the water with severe injuries.

  • Kate Aubusson
The scene at Palm Beach on Wednesday.

Man dead after boat flips off Sydney’s northern beaches, search under way for missing teen

A man is dead, another is in hospital, and a search continues for a missing teenager after a “tragic boating incident” on New Year’s Eve.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Jack Gramenz
The fire took hold about 3pm on Tuesday, with more than 50 firefighters working to extinguish the blaze.

Firefighters battle enormous blaze at factory in Sydney’s south-west

The fire engulfed a timber furniture factory, showering bricks to the ground as dozens of firefighters pumped water from nearby streets.

  • Jack Gramenz
Aerial view of a fire at a Metro Petroleum service station in Fairfield, Sydney on December 9, 2025.

Residents return home after fleeing fire engulfing Sydney servo

Atmospheric testing for gas was conducted before residents, who fled as a nearby petrol station sent black smoke billowing into the sky, were allowed home.

  • Emily Kaine and Jack Gramenz
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Police at the park in Annandale where a man was stabbed.

Teen boy charged after alleged stabbing of man at popular park

A 21-year-old man is in a critical condition after the confrontation in Annandale in the inner west.

  • Penry Buckley, Emily Kaine and Kayla Olaya
Pilot David Stephens with his 1966 Beechcraft Debonair plane.

Body found near Snowy Mountains plane wreckage

Wreckage of the light plane was spotted by a rescue helicopter on Thursday afternoon. Experienced pilot David Stephens was the sole occupant.

  • Penry Buckley and Kayla Olaya
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Explosion blasts wall out of Sydney apartment block

Two men were rushed to hospital and dozens evacuated after the sidewall of the unit block collapsed.

  • Josefine Ganko
A man has died from injuries sustained during a break-in at a home in Penrith.

‘Very frightening’: Man dead after ‘targeted’ home invasion

A man has died from head injuries sustained after two men broke into his Sydney home early on Saturday morning.

  • Penry Buckley