A police officer who fatally shot a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun has faced court for sentencing over the crime which the judge described as a ‘terrible mistake’.
Motorists in Sydney have been warned to brace for extreme delays after a truck carrying multiple cars caught fire on a major motorway, with traffic banked up for 22km.
An operation is underway to recover the bodies of two men who are believed to have died after their car veered off a bridge and plunged into a river in northern NSW.
Emergency alert warnings to stay inside and close all windows and doors have been issued after a massive fire in a laundry business produced a billowing smoke cloud that may be toxic.