Riley Stuart
Amid record-breaking NSW deluge, a plague of spiders emerges
It’s the stuff of nightmares. At the same time, rising floodwaters surrounded Melanie Williams’ home, thousands of spiders scaled the fence in...
NSW records four new cases as taxi passengers spark concerns
NSW coronavirus contact tracers have used a “variety of mechanisms” to identify passengers who travelled with an infected taxi driver, but have...
Pope Francis vows to ‘study in depth’ Child Abuse Royal Commission’s final report
Pope Francis says the findings of Australia’s child sex abuse royal commission “deserve to be studied in depth”, after the Catholic Church...
Wagering on same-sex marriage poll ‘a whole new low’
Same-sex marriage is a political football, but a bookie’s decision to take bets on the postal survey has been called “a whole...
Beached shark finds sanctuary in Manly swimming rockpool
It’s the most Australian photo ever – a couple of beach bums sunning themselves in Sydney as a shark circles just metres away...
‘I thought a bomb had gone off’: Crane topples into Sydney Harbour
A crane operating off a barge at Milsons Point has toppled into Sydney Harbour, with stunned witnesses reporting a loud bang, and...
NSW Police eye homophobia angle in tyre-slashing attack on gay play’s cast
Sydney police have launched an investigation after the cast and audience of a play about a gay love story had their tyres...
‘Blizzard of Oz’ turns slopes into winter wonderland
It’s been dubbed “the Blizzard of Oz”, and powder hounds could not be happier. Australia’s ski resorts in the Snowy Mountains, in...
Sydney police boss expects charges soon over alleged plane bomb plot
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says he expects charges to be laid over Saturday night’s terror raids in Sydney, despite...
Tears, confusion after ‘peaceful’ Australian woman killed by US police
Friends of a Sydney woman killed in the US on Saturday night say they cannot understand why someone who taught meditation and...