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'It's not just at your convenience': police prosecutor scathing of AVO breaches
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (928+ words) "IT'S not just a piece of paper. It's not just at your convenience. It's not just if you want to." That was part of the police prosecutor's submissions as a 54-year-old was sentenced in Bathurst Local Court for breaches of…...
Two charged after drug deal leads to kidnapping attempt
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (20+ words) Western Advocate Two charged after drug deal leads to kidnapping attempt...
'You need to do something about your drug problem': judge's blunt advice
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (271+ words) "YOU need to do something about your drug problem," a 42-year-old was told as he appeared in Bathurst Local Court after being caught driving with methamphetamine and cannabis in his system. He was on bail at the time, the court…...
How Rebel Wilson won her star-studded defamation trial
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (134+ words) Western Advocate COMMENTS IN COURT "If you look across my 25-year career you can see many evidences (sic) of me supporting women, promoting women" - Wilson after MacInnes' barrister Sue Chrysanthou asked if she considered herself a champion of women "I…...
Graphic warning: school worker refused bail on child, animal abuse material charges
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (785+ words) WARNING: This article contains distressing details regarding allegations of child abuse material and severe animal cruelty. A learning support officer at a western NSW school has been refused bail after being charged in relation to online abuse material. Aaron Neal…...
'Sidelined' for years: the heartbreaking stories driving an urgent inquiry into forensic patient releases
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (563+ words) Every six months, Wendy Robinson is forced to relive the unimaginable trauma of her parents' murder, stepping before the Mental Health Review Tribunal to plead for her family's safety-only to watch the system grant expanding freedoms to their killer. In…...
Don't want the AusAlert test? Here's how to silence your phone
2+ day, 58+ min ago (507+ words) Come Monday next week, almost every phone in Australia is expected to go off with a siren sound during a synchronised nationwide test of the AusAlert warning system. The ACT Emergency Services Agency is urging Australians to prepare for the…...
One month after being found with knuckledusters, 40-year-old was burning copper by rail line
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1016+ words) TWO men who started a fire by the rail corridor east of Bathurst so they could burn the coating off copper wire were stopped by police when they drove from the site not long after. Police say they saw a…...
Minister presses Laos over backpacker poisoning deaths
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (309+ words) Australia's foreign minister has met with her Lao counterpart to demand answers over the deaths of two teenagers who were holidaying in the country. Two 19-year-old Australians, Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones, died after what was believed to have been…...
'Very serious allegations': NSW Premier speaks out after high school goes up in flames
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (407+ words) NSW Premiers Chris Minns has spoken out after a high school went up in flames on Monday night. A 17-year-old boy was arrested at about 10pm on July 20, with police alleging he set fire to an administration building at Cowra High…...