Dramatic footage has emerged of a Tweed Heads home invasion, in which a man was threatened at gunpoint.

Police are still searching for the gang of five that stormed Allan Curry’s property, stealing nothing, but causing plenty of damage.

The RSPCA has come under fire from a dog rehabilitation expert, for adopting a new policy.

Nathan Barnes claims the guidelines will result in more animals being euthanased, but the RSPCA says that’s not the case.

Police haven’t ruled out mounting a new search for one of Australia’s most wanted men, who’s believed to have been hiding in the Barrington Tops near Newcastle for several years.

Malcolm Naden is suspected of committing a double murder in 2005, following the disappearance of his cousin and the murder of Kristy Scholes.

Police believe Naden could be behind a spate of break and enters across the Barrington Tops.

He’s also been linked to a robbery near Scone in 2008.

Several other properties have been targeted in recent months, with non-perishable food, camping equipment and batteries being stolen

The future of the Newcastle Jets remains clouded tonight as players and staff continue to wait on unpaid wages.

Although confident the issue will be resolved in the short term, the club is offering no long-term guarantees.

A Sydney man is in a serious condition in Gold Coast Hospital with a suspected case of meningococcal disease, after being winched from the deck of a cruise ship.

A helicopter was called out in darkness to rescue the 51 year old, from 110 kilometres out at sea.

While police are yet to reveal their stance on Ivan Milat’s involvement in the case, one man who knew the serial killer well has spoken out.

Leon Sokulsky was Milat’s lawyer, and claims the discovery has all the hallmarks of his former client.

Fire forced the evacuation of more than 100 workers in Tamworth’s industrial estate this afternoon.
Toxic fumes rose from a plastic-filled steel tank, which caught alight during demolition work.

One of the City’s major tourist drawcards, is getting a facelift.

Council’s redeveloping the tired-looking Coolangatta foreshore, just in time for Christmas.

The Queensland Government has released a plan for express tilt trains to run between the Gold Coast and Brisbane, in an effort to increase the number of people using public transport.

However, as yet, no funding has been allocated and the Mayor believes the money could be better spent elsewhere.

A 46-year-old man has been killed by a coal train at the Scone railway station.

The train inadvertently blocked the New England Highway for 10 hours as police investigated the accident, prompting fresh calls for a rail overpass.

For three days, oil has been leaking into Newcastle harbour from a coal ship berthed in port.

While most of the spill appears to be contained, a range of birds are suffering after swimming into the oil.

A year after Mullumbimby teenager Jai Morcom died as a result of a schoolyard brawl, his family is still searching for answers.

It has pleaded for his attackers to come forward, as locals gathered to pay tribute.

Two Hunter kayakers have survived a frightening ordeal in the fast-flowing Barrington River, near Gloucester.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter, police and search crews were called in when the men were reported missing just after 2pm.
They became separated when one man’s kayak slammed into a fallen tree.

“This tree smashed me kayak in two and I just had to leave it there and get back to Barrington on foot”
Said Peter Clarke.

The pair had been training for the Gloucester Mountain Man event.
Both men were reunited safe and well after making their way to the Barrington General Store.

Growing orchids may seem like a simple enough pastime, but experts warn it can quickly become a highly addictive hobby.

Some of the rarest and most majestic specimens in the world are in Newcastle this weekend, for the 6th Australasian Orchid Society Show.

Five days after GPT shocked Newcastle by abandoning its CBD project, the property giant has delivered greener pastures elsewhere.

Today it unveiled the first stage of its $470-million Charlestown Square redevelopment, a fresh food market.

The same Hunter men involved in the rescue of the Beaconsfield miners, and the freeing of Scooby the King Charles Spaniel, could help save the workers trapped underground in Chile.

They’re on standby to travel to the mine site, where 33 men are expected to be stuck until Christmas.

Trying to get one child to sit still for a photograph can be tough enough, so just imagine doing it with 12.

It was all about getting enough shots to fill a calendar, which for Central Coast mother, Tara Chiu was a small way to say thankyou to a service that saved her son’s life.

Two sailors were rescued at Port Stephens on Wednesday evening after their four-metre catamaran overturned in strong wind off Soldiers Point.

In failing light, the crew of the Tea Gardens ferry went to the men’s aid, plucking them from the choppy water.

The grateful sailors were cold but otherwise unhurt.

Pressure is mounting on the state government to reveal its long-promised studies and reports into the future of Newcastle’s CBD.

With GPT this week abandoning its $600-million plan to redevelop the city centre, many are asking why the government didn’t act sooner to shore up the deal.

A 27-year-old man has been committed to stand trial in the Supreme Court, accused of murdering an 82-year-old Singleton grandmother.

Magistrate Elaine Truscott today said Scott O’Heir has a “lack of regard for the law.”