Cruel blow for Oatlands crash family Danny and Leila Abdallah’s children were killed along with their cousin by a drunk driver last year. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper
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More agony has been inflicted on grieving parents Danny and Leila Abdallah after the memorial dedicated to their children was pulled down at the site where they were killed in Sydney’s northwest.
Drunk driver Samuel Davidson ploughed into a group of seven children, who had left a family gathering to get ice-cream at a nearby shop, at Oatlands on February 1 last year.
Jodi McKay set to resign as NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay is expected to resign as leader of NSW Labor after mounting pressure from her own party.
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Subscriber only Jodi McKay is set to resign from her position as NSW Labor leader after weeks of pressure from her own party. It comes after a slew of resignations from her own cabinet including likely challenger Chris Minns and his close supporter Walt Secord. Jodi McKay is expected to resign as leader. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker The pair stepped down after a dirt file aimed at Mr Minns was spread by a staffer in the deputy leader Yasmin Catley s office.
26 May 2021
Snowy Hydro CEO Paul Broad had dismissed suggestions of an improper conflict of interest between himself and controversial property developer Jeff McCloy, who is set to cash in on a deal to sell land to Snowy Hydro that will host a new gas fired generator in the Hunter Region.
During Senate Estimates on Tuesday, representatives of Snowy Hydro, and government officials, received a barrage of questions about the feasibility of a $600 million plan to build a new gas fired peaking generator in the Hunter Region. The proposal has been widely criticised by senior energy market players, who have suggested the proposal does not stack up or is unnecessary.
BESTPIX Views of Super Blood Wolf Moon
News by Heath Parkes-Hupton 24th May 2021 5:36 PM | Updated: 5:54 PM
Australian stargazers will get the first look at a true âsuper blood moonâ for 20 years when two celestial phenomena occur at the same time this week.
The rare sight will be visible from about 7.44pm on Wednesday on the east coast as the moon passes into Earthâs shadow.
The event will feature both a super moon â when a full moon reaches the closest point to Earth in its orbit â and a blood moon, which is caused by a total lunar eclipse. A blood moon seen in Australia in July 2018. Picture: Joel Carrett/AAP