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Rescuers are braving choppy conditions to search for missing swimmers off Sydney’s coast.

Tragic start to 2026 with many lives lost off Aus coast

Lifesavers are pleading for beachgoers to exercise caution after several people lost their lives in coastal incidents over the new year period.

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The New Year has not started well on Sydney's beaches with a body recovered and a search ongoing. (Jessica Hromas/AAP PHOTOS)

Woman's body retrieved, man missing in dual beach tragedies

Authorities are searching for a missing swimmer at a popular Sydney swimming spot after the body of a woman swept out to sea was retrieved at a nearby beach.

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A search operation has begun to find a 14-year-old boy.

Man dead and 14yo missing after horror boat capsize

Police are now urgently searching for a 14-year-old boy who may have been a passenger on the boat.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns has called for anti-Semitism to be “purged” from the Labor Party.

Labor must purge anti-Semitism from party, says Minns

NSW Premier Chris Minns has declared anti-Semitism needs to be purged from the Labor Party, as an influential Jewish group called for Federal Labor ministers to be barred from Jewish events.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns says anti-Semitism needs to be purged from the Labor Party.

Premier Minns wants anti-Semitism purged from Labor Party

NSW Premier Chris Minns says anti-Semitism needs to be purged from the Labor Party, as the Australian Jewish Association called for Federal Labor ministers to be banned from Jewish events.

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Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed is back in hospital.

Bondi hero Ahmed back in hospital days after discharge

Ahmed al-Ahmed has reportedly returned to hospital just days after being released. 

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Six people have been charged after officers intercepted a vehicle carrying two allegedly loaded firearms in western Sydney. NSW Police.

Six charged in massive firearms bust

Six people, including two teenagers, have been arrested in connection with an alleged shooting and alleged criminal syndicate activity.

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A minute of silence will be observed at 11pm to honour those who died in the terror attack. NewsWire / Flavio Brancaleone

Backflip on ‘insulting’ Bondi New Year’s Eve tribute

A major change to Sydney’s New Year’s Eve will take place after a planned tribute to Bondi victims was labelled as ‘generic’.

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The 24-year-old man, left, was arrested after police raided a home on Isis Street in Fairfield West.

Police foil alleged Sydney shooting plot, man charged

A man has been charged over his alleged role in a conspiracy to to carry out a shooting in Sydney.

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Anthony Albanese has ignored grieving families’ plea for a royal commission.

‘Coward’ PM ignores Bondi families’ royal commission pleas

The family of a 78-year-old grandfather killed at Bondi has slammed the Albanese government’s claims that a royal commission would give a platform to the worst voices of anti-Semitism.

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Australian Muslims are being targeted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, a peak body says. Glenn Campbell

Hate crimes spike 200 per cent after Bondi massacre

Women being spat on and graves being desecrated are just a few examples of the chilling hatred targeting one group of Aussies.

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Premier Chris Minns is behind the tough gun law reform. Picture NewsWire / Monique Harmer

NYE cops to hold machine guns, get “extraordinary powers”

NSW Premier Chris Minns says police will be given “extraordinary powers” as he urged the public to turn out in force for Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks in a show of defiance against terrorists.

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A man and a woman are dead after an alleged early morning stabbing.

Murder charges after two found dead in Sydney home

A man has been charged with murder after two people died following an alleged brutal stabbing at a Sydney home early on Sunday morning.

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Bondi massacre victims Reuven Morrison, Matilda and Tania Tretiak.

Families of Bondi shooting victims demand royal commission

Families of victims killed or injured in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack are demanding Anthony Albanese ‘immediately’ establish a royal commission into the rapid rise of anti-Semitism in Australia.

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An urgent health alert has been issued after legionnaires disease was detected in the Sydney CBD.

Warning as dangerous disease hits major Australian city

Health authorities have urged anyone in the area to monitor for symptoms after three people contracted the potentially deadly disease.

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