Nick Ralston

Nick Ralston is a Crime Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Dance teacher 'snapped naked girls'

Grant Davies from his RG Dance who is facing child pornography charges. Sourced from Grant's personal Facebook page. May 18, 2013.

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...

'Every image is a crime scene': police crack online child abuse images network

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Nick Ralston An online network that shared child exploitation images has been uncovered leading to the arrest of 20 men and a woman Australia wide.

Drenched Brisbane faces drinking water crisis

The Melbourne Hotel in Bundaberg.

Nick Ralston Devastation caused by ex-cyclone Oswald in Queensland and northern New South Wales will continue for days, with thousands of homes inundated, entire communities isolated and the possibility that...

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.

Fire crews race against return of heat

Bowning Brigade members fight a fire near Jugiong.

Nick Ralston More than 135 bushfires continued to burn across New South Wales on Wednesday night, including 30 that were out of control, as fire crews raced to contain blazes before a return to hot and windy...

Australia reloads as gun amnesties fail to cut arms

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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

Actor Robert Hughes

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

Robert Hughes.

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

Robert Hughes

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

Police outside a Sydney unit where three members of the same family were discovered dead.

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.

Alleged killer watched Kelly treated

Lisa Davies, Rachel Olding, Nick Ralston As Thomas Kelly lay bleeding on the Kings Cross pavement, floored by a forceful blow from a stranger, he was being watched, not only by his distressed girlfriend, a friend and concerned onlookers -...

Cameraman injured outside court

Nick Ralston, Lisa Davies He sat in court supporting his mate as the mate faced a murder charge, and then moments later is alleged to have committed a similar, violent act of his own.

Colleagues remember Roebuck as a great entertainer, commentator and crusader

Collegues remember Peter Roebuck (Thumbnail)

Nick Ralston IT WAS the type of low-key occasion, his close confidantes say, that Peter Roebuck would have wanted.

'We're going to Belanglo, someone's going to die'

David Auchterlonie was dumped in Belanglo State Forest.

Nick Ralston In the days before he killed a teenager with a double-sided axe, the relative of serial killer Ivan Milat began revealing parts of his murderous plan to friends.

Don't raise drink age: Scipione

A pint.

Nick Ralston, Saffron Howden RAISING the legal drinking age would do nothing to stem the tide of alcohol-related social and health problems among young people, the NSW Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, says.

Safe at last: Sydney teenager reunited with her family after 10-hour bomb ordeal

Police

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.