Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Son of man found brutally beaten in South Coogee apartment remembers his dad as a 'loving larrikin'
The son of retired solicitor Peter McCarthy has spoken for the first time since his father was found beaten to death at South Coogee, remembering him as "a larrikin and loving" family man.
"He was a great dad and an amazing grandfather to my two sons," James McCarthy said.
Specially adapted drones used in Sydney water testing blitz
A crack team of Sydney Water staff is running a testing blitz on our waterways, with recent downpours causing rapid stormwater runoff and increasing the risk of contamination.
The pilot program is targeting nine popular swimming
Fugitive on the run for eight months after stealing a tractor to escape is found
A prison escapee has been arrested after nearly nine months on the run.
Selim Sensoy had been hiding out in a home in Windsor and was arrested yesterday.
The 45-year-old escaped a minimum-security prison at Glen Innes
'Strict' Australian Open hotel quarantine program kicks off this week
Some 1200 tennis players and support staff will start arriving in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open this week.
The Pullman at Albert Park, the Grand Hyatt and the View hotel on St Kilda Road have been confirmed
Queensland records one local COVID-19 case, but alert remains for two locations
Queensland has recorded one new local COVID-19 case and two in hotel quarantine, while two Brisbane locations remain on high alert after they were visited by a man with the highly contagious UK strain.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
NSW records five new COVID-19 cases with more people linked to Northern Beaches cluster
New South Wales has recorded five new cases of locally acquired COVID-19 over the last 24 hours.
Of the new cases, four remain under investigation.
Two of local cases were announced yesterday, including a man who tested positive after
Aussie shares lift despite uncertainty on Wall Street
The Australian share market is rebounding from yesterday's losses, lifting sharply upon opening trade.
At 10:30 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was up 17.9 points or 0.27 percent to 6,715.40 points.
No bail for man behind bars over alleged violent carjacking
A witness has described the "horror" of an alleged carjacking that saw a woman dragged hundreds of metres, admitting he expected she would be killed.
The woman, 22, is recovering in hospital with serious injuries after the alleged carjacker
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