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POLICE SEARCH FOR MUSWELLBROOK JAIL ESCAPEE

Police are asking for help from the community as they try to find a prisoner who has escaped from Muswellbrook’s minimum-security jail.
About 6am today officers were told Robert Grover, 41, had escaped from the correctional facility on St Heliers Road.

He’s described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 170 centimetres tall, with a medium build and brown hair.
Police believe he could be heading to Gunnedah.
Members of the public are urged not to approach Grover, but instead call 000 immediately.

Greens Say Coal Must Go

Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’.
The report contained a very clear message: if we don’t quit coal, we are screwed.
So with a coal-loving Prime Minister and a coal-conflicted Labor leader, it’s time to mobilise for a war against coal and a war against climate change. The Greens are the only party taking this threat seriously.
Yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’.
The report contained a very clear message: if we don’t quit coal, we are screwed.
So with a coal-loving Prime Minister and a coal-conflicted Labor leader, it’s time to mobilise for a war against coal and a war against climate change. The Greens are the only party taking this threat seriously.
2030 is the new deadline. According to the report, we may hit 1.5 degrees as early as 2030, which could trigger multi-metre sea-level rises.
We don’t just need to make the next election about climate change–we need to make every moment about climate change. We need to hit the emergency button.
Global emissions need to peak in 2020. But a few weeks ago, we found out that Australia’s pollution is STILL rising. Business as usual under Liberal and Labor is a death sentence.
We need to make every moment about climate change. Our leaders need to be held to account. The evidence is overwhelming, but the action has been underwhelming.
Liberal and Labor are paralysed by their reliance on the donations of fossil fuel companies.

Man arrested as inquiries continue into woman's death at Bellambi

A man has been arrested as inquiries continue into the death of a woman at Bellambi last week.
About 4pm today (Monday 8 October 2018), detectives from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrested a 29-year-old man at Maitland.
He has been taken to Maitland Police Station where he remains in custody.
Officers from Wollongong Police District commenced an investigation, assisted by detectives from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, after the body of 39-year-old Kristie Powell was found at a home on Lorking Street on Friday (5 October 2018).
Kristie’s five-month-old son was found uninjured inside the home.
A man has been charged with murder over the death of a woman at Bellambi last week.
About 4pm yesterday (Monday 8 October 2018), detectives from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District arrested a 29-year-old man in a building near Maitland Railway Station.
The man was taken to Maitland Police Station where detectives from Wollongong Police District have now charged him with one count of murder.
He has been refused bail to appear in Maitland Local Court today (Tuesday 9 October 2018).
Wollongong detectives, assisted by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, formed Strike Force Renehan to investigate the death of 39-year-old Kristie Powell, after her body was found at her home on Lorking Street, Bellambi, last Friday (5 October 2018).

Charges laid following serious head-on crash – Myuna Bay

A man has been charged following a serious crash at Myuna Bay, in the state’s Lake Macquarie region.
About 9.30am on Sunday 29 April 2018, emergency services were called to Wangi Road after a Holden Commodore and Mitsubishi wagon collided head-on.
The driver and sole occupant of the Holden, a 46-year-old man, was taken to John Hunter Hospital with a neck injury.
The female driver of the Mitsubishi, a 43-year-old woman and her 12-year-old passenger were taken to John Hunter Hospital with hip, leg and internal injuries. Both required surgery and have since been released from hospital.
Officers from the Crash Investigation Unit, with the assistance from Lake Macquarie Police District established a crime scene and commenced investigations into the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Following inquiries, a 46-year-old Bonnells Bay man, was served with Future Court Attendance Notices for the following offences:

  • Dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm – driver under the influence (x2)
  • Dangerous driving occasion grievous bodily harm – drive manner dangerous (x2)
  • Cause bodily harm by misconduct (x2)
  • Negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm
  • Negligent Driving
  • Drive with illicit drug in blood

He is due to appear at Toronto Local Court on Tuesday 11 December 2018. His driver’s licence was also suspended.

Teenage girl critical after serious crash – Buckaroo near Mudgee

A teenage girl remains in a critical condition in hospital following a single-vehicle crash on a rural property in Buckaroo today.
Police were told a Toyota Prado containing nine people had travelled to the property off Edgell Lane, near Ulan Road, Buckaroo, shortly after 1pm (Sunday 7 October 2018).
Concerns were raised for their welfare this afternoon after they failed to return.
The car was located by a neighbouring landowner in a paddock about 3.15pm, and appeared to have rolled a number of times.
All nine occupants of the vehicle were teenaged girls. One was ejected from the vehicle and sustained life-threatening injuries and was found lying near the vehicle. The other eight occupants managed to escape from the vehicle when it came to rest and all have suffered varying degrees of injuries, none of which are life threatening.
A 14-year-old girl was airlifted to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, where she remains in a critical condition.
Officers from Orana Mid-Western Police District established a crime scene and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Inquiries into the cause of the crash are ongoing with examination of the scene expected to continue for some hours.