Safe at last: Sydney teenager reunited with her family after 10-hour bomb ordeal
Nick Ralston and Aaron Cook A Sydney teenager was early this morning reunited with her family after a 10-hour ordeal during which police freed her from a suspected explosive device.
Sydney murder suspect detained in Lebanon
Nick Ralston Crime THE MAN who allegedly killed a Chatswood businessman, dumped his body in a freezer and then fled the country, leaving his wife to face charges, has been arrested in Lebanon.
Dance teacher 'snapped naked girls'
Nick Ralston For almost a decade thousands of parents trusted prominent Sydney dance teacher Grant Davies as he told them he could make their children famous.
Paid interview may 'prejudice' Harris case
Nick Ralston Any potential criminal trial involving Rolf Harris could be prejudiced by a Wollongong woman's decision to go public in paid interviews about how she was allegedly sexually assaulted by the...
Man feared dead, at least 80 properties lost in Tasmanian bushfires
Andrew Darby, Nick Ralston AT LEAST 80 homes have been lost and one man is feared killed by a bushfire that swept down onto the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, less than 60 kilometres from Hobart, in catastrophic conditions.
Australia reloads as gun amnesties fail to cut arms
Nick Ralston AUSTRALIANS own as many guns now as they did at the time of the Port Arthur massacre, despite more than 1 million firearms being handed in and destroyed, new research reveals.
Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes charged with 11 child sex offences
Megan Levy and Nick Ralston Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes been charged with 11 child sex offences dating back to the 1980s. Mr Hughes appeared in court when his matter was briefly heard on Thursday afternoon.
Hey Dad star lands to face multiple sex charges
Megan Levy and Nick Ralston Hey Dad! star Robert Hughes has been charged with 11 child sex offences dating back to the 1980s.
Hey Dad star granted bail on sex charges
Nick Ralston THE star of one of Australia's most watched television shows, Robert Hughes, sat in the dock of a Sydney court on Thursday facing 11 child sex charges that date back to the 1980s.
Fatal shooting at bikie wedding
Glenda Kwek, Nick Ralston Sensing there may be trouble, police had an eye on the reception hall at the Serbian National Defence Council in Sydney on Sunday evening.
Catholic brother, teacher on child sex charges
Nick Ralston Police cannot rule out further arrests, or that more victims will come forward, after a Catholic brother and a teacher were charged over child sex offences at two western Sydney schools.
Three slain, relative arrested
Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies Man expected to be charged over deaths of three of his family in a Sydney unit.
Man charged with family murders
Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies For almost all his adult life, Carlos Lopez had dedicated much of his time to caring for his intellectually disabled brother as a way of supporting his ageing parents.
Colleagues remember Roebuck as a great entertainer, commentator and crusader
Nick Ralston IT WAS the type of low-key occasion, his close confidantes say, that Peter Roebuck would have wanted.
Illegal steroids a lucrative and burgeoning black market business for bikies, say police
Nick Ralston Crime ILLEGAL steroids, including some intended for pigs, greyhounds and sheep, are providing profitable low-risk opportunities for organised crime, NSW police say.
Police gang up nationally to catch 'Nike bikies'
Nick Ralston, Saffron Howden Crime POLICE will push for national, uniform laws to prosecute outlaw motorcycle gangs and for ''fusion'' centres to investigate them following the proliferation of tech-savvy ''new age'' bikies.
P-plater Beale gives turbo charge the slip
Nick Ralston Crime AS A teenager without a licence, the then rising rugby talent Kurtley Beale saw the funny side in being awarded a new Mazda CX-7 as a player of the year prize in 2007.
US charges laid over Iran deals
By Dylan Welch and Nick Ralston A Sydney electronics supplier has been charged in the United States with conspiring to export sensitive missiles, drone, torpedo and helicopter equipment to the Iran military, as part of a Justice...
Police officer killed in Tamworth
Nick Ralston Stopping a car in the backstreets of his home town should have been routine for Senior Constable David Rixon, an officer of 22 years' service.
Riot ignites detention backlash
Dylan Welch, Nick Ralston THE Gillard government was under pressure last night from the Greens and the opposition to overhaul its failing detention system following the torching of the Villawood centre - the second serious...
