Luke Smith, 23, was in a tinny when it capsized almost two weeks ago at Swansea in New South Wales. A multi-agency search failed to find him.
Knitting club's late arrival for meeting 'may well have saved lives' after car plunges into haberdashery
In a case of timing being everything, a group of women were running five minutes late for their weekly knitting catch-up at The Moderne Haberdashery and Fashion shop at Swansea when a high performance car ploughed into it, sending stock flying.
Photo shows A car crashed into a shop with wool and craft supplies scattered around it.Car crashes into haberdashery shop
A car has crashed into a haberdashery shop near Newcastle spilling contents out the window. Fire and Rescue NSW said two people inside the store narrowly escaped the collision.
Has Video Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds.Cold case investigation into suspected murder of three teenagers leads to abduction charges
A cold case investigation has resulted in a 62-year-old man being charged over the unrelated alleged abduction of a teenage girl in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales in the 1980s.
Photo shows Composite image of two young women - Amanda Robinson and Robyn HickiePolice search after 45-hour siege south of Newcastle uncovers cache of weapons
Police allege Rory Adams had eight guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition stashed in his home during the stand-off.
Photo shows Police behind paddy wagon.This whistleblower stopped a paedophile politician. Now she says some of his victims could have been spared
Gillian Sneddon helped put paedophile politician Milton Orkopoulos in jail, but she believes police missed opportunities to investigate before he committed more crimes.
Photo shows woman with white curly hair looks at beach shoreline at sunsetDisgraced MP Milton Orkopoulos bashed in prison, treated for multiple injuries
The former NSW Labor minister and convicted paedophile is being treated for multiple injuries after the incident on Tuesday afternoon.
Photo shows Man walks on streetFormer MP Milton Orkopoulos guilty of child sex abuse and drugs charges
The 65-year-old was facing 28 charges, including eight counts of supplying a prohibited drug, eight counts of indecent assault, and 11 counts of sexual intercourse with a person aged between 10 and 16.
Photo shows Man walks on streetEx-Labor minister accused of child abuse pressured boy to retract allegations, court hears
The prosecution in the trial of Milton Orkopoulos tells the jury that the alleged actions amounted to perverting the course of justice.
Photo shows Man walks on streetCourt hears 13-year-old boy was allegedly invited to attend former MP's 'office party'
The trial against former Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos hears from the mother of one of his alleged victims, who says the minister and another man came to her house looking for her son.
Photo shows A balding Milton Orkopolous looks down the barrel of the camera, wearing oval-shaped sunglassesAlleged abuse victim tells court he received envelope of cash after he was allegedly touched by former ALP minister
A man who says he was abused by Milton Orkopoulos has told Sydney's Downing Centre District Court he got an apology and received an anonymous envelope with $1,000 cash in the letterbox after he claims he was first touched.
Photo shows Milton Orkopoulos close up walking out of a courtWitness tells court former NSW minister gave him $50 after alleged childhood sexual assault
A witness has told a NSW District Court that, as a child, former state government minister Milton Orkopoulos forced him to perform a sex act.
Photo shows Former NSW Aboriginal Affairs Minister Milton OrkopoulosCourt told former NSW Labor minister allegedly plied boys with drugs at election party
A friend of a boy allegedly abused by Milton Orkopolous has told a court he used to smoke "pot" with the former New South Wales MP two or three times a week.
Photo shows A younger-looking Milton Orkopoulos in the early 2000s, with glasses and curly hairFormer NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos stands trial over allegedly drugging, sexually abusing four boys
In her opening address, the Crown prosecutor claimed former NSW Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos demonstrated a pattern of behaviour during the time of the alleged offences between 1993 and 2003.
Photo shows Man walks on streetOutgoing tide and large swell 'destroys' canoe and leaves six 'heading out to sea'
An outrigger crew has been rescued after their vessel was swamped then split in two at the entrance to Lake Macquarie.
Photo shows broken section of boat on trailerNSW residents cautioned to be water safe
Holiday-makers are being urged to treat water carefully, after more than 600 rescues in three days and the tragic death of two teenage girls in a boating incident.
Has Video Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds.Aged care facilities under pressure in NSW
A small community in the Snowy Mountains is reeling after its only local nursing home decided to close, with staff shortages and Covid-19 pressures to blamed. Keira Proust reports.
Photo shows ABC News videoHas Video Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds.'Devastated' residents beg for their only aged care home to remain open
Residents in a small rural town feel abandoned and hopeless after the Snowy Mountains' only aged care provider announced it was closing their facility, one of many on a knife edge across NSW.
Photo shows Three women standing together with angry facing in a rural townAnger and heartbreak as 'severe workforce shortages' see two NSW nursing homes shut down
Pandemic-driven staff shortages are being blamed for the closure of two Southern Cross Care homes, but those involved say the sector was in dire trouble long before COVID hit.
Photo shows A brick nursing home.Return to school delayed for hundreds of Newcastle students
A return to classrooms today did not go to plan for hundreds of students in Newcastle after three primary campuses were shut due to COVID-19 cases, just some of the 59 in the region.
Photo shows Two girls in a playground.'It's diabolical': Boaties skip channel over dredging program
Australia's largest coastal salt water lake could be a major sailing destination, but its potential is locked up with an entrance blocked to all but the smallest boats.
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