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Rugby union player pleads not guilty and denies groping and sexually assaulting the complainant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, at Bondi Beach venue in 2022Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFootage showing Wallabies star Kurtley Beale allegedly groping a woman in a pub before sexually assaulting her in...

Protesters took aim at foreign minister Penny Wong and prime minister Anthony Albanese and said they would ‘continue to chant for a liberated Palestine’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWidad Waqqad, 20, has been attending demonstrations for Palestine since she was a young girl. This Sunday was no different, as she joined hundreds of others in Sydney’s Hyde...

According to a police spokesperson the same man was involved in both the attacks in RedfernGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 38-year-old taxi driver and a 25-year-old food delivery driver were stabbed in two separate incidents in a Sydney suburb, with police now appealing to the public for information.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Walker...

Maths teacher claims student made ‘constant calls’ to family home and says they tried to ‘put a stop to it’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former elite Sydney high school teacher accused of unlawful sexual activity with a student didn’t start a relationship with her until the girl actively pursued the teacher after she left the school,...

Building commissioner says he is confident defects at 900-apartment complex in Macquarie Park ‘will be rectified’, while minister says faults don’t pose a risk Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe New South Wales building watchdog and the state’s planning minister have downplayed concerns over 900 apartments in Sydney’s north...

Building Commission NSW issues urgent rectification orders for Greenland development, but says there is no danger to residentsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAlmost 1,000 recently completed apartments in Sydney’s north are at risk of collapsing due to “serious damage” to concrete in the basements caused by defective workmanship, according...

Exclusive: NSW EPA issues a clean-up notice to department of transport after asbestos was found in mulch near playground last weekGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn asbestos-contaminated park in Sydney’s inner west will remain closed for at least six weeks while all of the recycled mulch on the site is removed and replaced following an order from...

Court told teacher formed close relationship with student’s mother and took student out for dinnerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA mathematics teacher at an elite Sydney high school started grooming a teenage girl almost immediately after meeting the student, a jury has heard.The teacher, who cannot be legally identified, is on trial in the Downing Centre district...

William John Newbold, 80, was arrested on Friday and charged with aggravated sexual assault An 80-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting an 87-year-old woman in a Sydney aged care home has been released on bail.William John Newbold was arrested on Friday and initially refused bail. Continue reading...

Fiona was told that the landlord needed to move into the flat, which was then relisted for $300 more a week when Fiona moved outGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Sydney landlord put pressure on a single mother to leave her rental home after just nine months, eventually relisting the property at $300 more a week when...

The accused, 80, has been refused bail and will appear in Parramatta local court Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn elderly man will face court accused of sexually assaulting an 87-year-old woman at a Sydney aged care home.Police were called to the facility in the city’s north-west on Friday after reports a resident had been attacked.Sign up...

Testing reveals ‘low-risk’ contamination in samples taken from mulch near Rozelle playground, Transport for NSW saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn expansive park built above Rozelle’s multibillion-dollar spaghetti junction interchange has been closed after asbestos was found in garden mulch around a children’s playground – with the contractor involved...

James Dalamangas was allegedly involved in the death of George Giannopoulos in a Sydney nightclub in 1999Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian police are issuing a global plea to locate one of the country’s most wanted men who they say fled to Greece after allegedly stabbing a man to death in a Sydney nightclub 25 years ago.James...