Passengers on an Australian domestic flight left the plane via an emergency exit Tuesday after a man allegedly left a threatening note in the toilet in what appears to be a prank. The 42 passengers on the Virgin Australia service from Sydney to the rural town of Albury in southeastern Australia were ordered out of … Read more
Police underestimated the threat posed by a self-styled Islamic cleric during a Sydney cafe siege and took too long to storm the building, an inquest found Wednesday, but it absolved them of blame for two deaths. The findings into the December 2014 tragedy that shocked the nation followed intense scrutiny of New South Wales police … Read more
A television reporter in Australia has been arrested on suspicion of sending images of child sexual abuse and having explicit conversations about children. Ben McCormack, 42, a well-known reporter for the local A Current Affair programme, was arrested in Sydney. Police searched an apartment and the offices of his employer, the Nine Network, seizing computers, … Read more
A television reporter in Australia has been arrested on suspicion of sending images of child sexual abuse and having explicit conversations about children. Ben McCormack, 42, a well-known reporter for the local A Current Affair programme, was arrested in Sydney. Police searched an apartment and the offices of his employer, the Nine Network, seizing computers, … Read more
An Irishman and a French woman on Thursday told of “waves the size of buildings” after being rescued from a terrifying ordeal when their yacht capsized in wild weather off Australia. Nick Dwyer, 55, and Barbara Heftman, 44, were sailing from New Zealand to Sydney as part of a years-long circumnavigation of the globe when … Read more
A man suspected of trying to advise the so-called Islamic State on missiles has been arrested in Australia. Haisem Zahab, 42, was arrested at Young, in rural New South Wales, on Tuesday, PM Malcolm Turnbull said. Police allege the electrician was helping to develop a long-range guided missile, and designing a laser device to warn … Read more
Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia’s history. The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$360m (£212m; $258m), were uncovered after a police investigation over more than two years. Police said they seized 500kg (1,100lb) of cocaine from a boat in Brooklyn, north of Sydney, … Read more
Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia’s history. The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$360m (£212m; $258m), were uncovered after a police investigation over more than two years. Police said they seized 500kg (1,100lb) of cocaine from a boat in Brooklyn, north of Sydney, … Read more