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Authorities urged to buy child starvation house

November 12, 2008 08:41:00

A Sydney woman who owns a rental property in the New South Wales Hunter region says she will never be able to go back into the house where a seven-year-old girl died.[MORE]

Tags: children, murder-and-manslaughter, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Parents plead not guilty to starving daughter

November 7, 2008 12:47:00

A New South Wales couple accused of starving their daughter to death have pleaded not guilty to murder.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Missing man found safe

October 6, 2008 12:27:00

A helicopter search for a man missing in bushland north of Newcastle has been called off, after staff at a local medical facility reported he was with them.[MORE]

Tags: police, missing-person, coffs-harbour-2450, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Police continue missing man search

October 6, 2008 09:47:00

Police will this morning resume their search for a 21-year-old man who has been missing in bushland near Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle, since Friday night.[MORE]

Tags: police, missing-person, coffs-harbour-2450, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Councillor urges Myall River mouth dredging

September 9, 2008 12:07:00

There is a call for the Myall River mouth near Hawks Nest to be dredged.[MORE]

Tags: local-government, rivers, coffs-harbour-2450, hawks-nest-2324

Pair to face court accused of liquor store armed robbery

July 31, 2008 14:37:00

Two men are due to appear in court today charged over an armed robbery at Hawks Nest last week.[MORE]

Tags: police, armed-robbery, coffs-harbour-2450, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Hawks Nest development proposals back in the spotlight

March 14, 2008 08:02:00

The Land and Environment Court has revived the prospects of two controversial development proposals in Hawks Nest.[MORE]

Tags: urban-development-and-planning, coffs-harbour-2450, hawks-nest-2324

'Starvation murder' parents fight AVO conditions

January 17, 2008 08:07:00

A couple accused of starving their seven-year-old daughter to death are seeking to amend an apprehended violence order (AVO) brought by police on behalf of another family member. [MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, domestic-violence, law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

'More attacks likely': Record shark spottings near Newcastle

December 19, 2007 08:33:00

Beach goers in the New South Wales Hunter region are being warned to be wary of sharks this summer, with record sightings of sharks reported along the coast.[MORE]

Tags: shark-attacks, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300, tea-gardens-2324

Shark bites surfer on bum

December 18, 2007 12:15:00

A 31-year-old has been airlifted to hospital after a shark bit him on the buttock while he was surfing at Port Stephens in the New South Wales Hunter region.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, human-interest, animal-attacks, shark-attacks, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300, tea-gardens-2324

Pair fronts court over 7yo daughter's murder

November 21, 2007 14:04:00

A New South Wales couple has made brief a appearance in Wollongong Local Court charged with the murder of their seven-year-old daughter.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300, wollongong-2500

Parents arrested over girl's 'starving' death

November 17, 2007 11:47:00

The parents of a seven-year-old girl who is believed to have starved to death have been arrested on the New South Wales south coast.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, port-kembla-2505

DOCS workers 'don't meet kids at risk'

November 8, 2007 14:48:00

Case workers at the New South Wales Department of Community Services (DOCS) have been accused of never meeting many of the children they are responsible for, after a seven-year-old girl known to the department apparently died of starvation.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, death, schools, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324

Starved 7yo wasn't attending school

November 8, 2007 10:13:00

The New South Wales Government says it may increase the penalty for parents who fail to send their children to school following the apparent starving death of a seven-year-old girl at the weekend. [MORE]

Tags: education, schools, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324

Child's 'starvation' death sparks 3 investigations

Feature

November 7, 2007 19:09:00

There are now three separate investigations into the apparent starving death of 7-year-old Shellay Ward[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, child-abuse, states-and-territories, parenting, australia, nsw, hawks-nest-2324

Human jawbone washes up on Hunter beach

August 7, 2007 14:23:00

A human jawbone has been discovered on a beach at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle in the New South Wales Hunter region.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, police, nsw, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Man injured after spear gun accident

December 30, 2006 00:37:00

A man has received minor flesh wounds after he was shot with a spear gun on the New South Wales mid-north coast overnight.[MORE]

Tags: home-accidents, hawks-nest-2324, newcastle-2300

Aussie fights for his life after blasts

July 9, 2005 21:09:00

The father of a Melbourne man seriously injured in Thursday's terrorist attacks is flying to London to be by his son's side.[MORE]

Tags: unrest-conflict-and-war, hawks-nest-2324, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, vic, united-kingdom

Australian couple released from hospital after London bus blast

July 9, 2005 13:15:00

A Sydney couple who were on board the bus in the Tavistock Square bomb blast have since been discharged from a London hospital after receiving treatment for burst eardrums, cuts and bruises.[MORE]

Tags: unrest-conflict-and-war, hawks-nest-2324, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, united-kingdom