Adelaide family raises money for Women’s and Children’s Hospital recliner chairs after ‘horror’ sepsis infection

An Adelaide teenager was in hospital for about six months when what was believed to be a common cold turned out to be an invasive sepsis infection. Harry Trowbridge, now 14, began showing common cold symptoms last year before his health quickly declined, his mother, Meagan Mercurio, said. She said within three days Harry began … Read more

Widow of truck driver killed in two truck collision on Eyre Highway speaks of ‘sudden loss’

The wife of a truck driver, one of three killed in a head on collision along South Australia’s Eyre Hwy, said her family has been left “shaken” by the sudden passing of the 45-year-old man. Three died at the scene of the crash on the Eyre Hwy, about 27km west of Yalata, on the edge … Read more

Adelaide woman’s dream trip to the US cut short after developing life-threatening condition after being kicked by a horse

Adelaide woman Paris Hedger had saved for a trip to the United States since she was 13 years old, but soon after she arrived, her life was turned upside down because of a life-threatening medical condition. A few months before she was hospitalised, Hedger was working as a travel content creator, securing paid work and … Read more

NSW South Coast drowning victim identified as mother-of-two Yuliya Pashkovska

A woman who drowned at a beach on the NSW South Coast this week is being remembered as a “cherished” mother, wife and nurse. Yuliya Pashkovska, 43, was found unconscious about 1.15pm on Tuesday by surfers in the water at Pebbly Beach, 26km northeast of Batemans Bay. The surfers pulled Pashkovska onto their boards and … Read more

‘Find that car’: Mother of lawyer Mitch East, killed in Sydney hit-and-run, shares desperate plea as tributes flow

A mother has made a desperate plea to “find that car” which hit and killed New Zealand national Mitch East, 28, in Tamarama on Sunday. Debra East has now arrived in Sydney, where Mitch lived and worked as a lawyer, and described standing on the roadside trying to comprehend the moment she lost her son. … Read more

Community rallies to help critically injured mother and child after crash kills father

A two-year-old boy and his critically injured mother, who is from Belarus, face an uncertain future after surviving a multi-vehicle crash that killed the boy’s father in northern NSW. Australian citizen Adrian Peri, 41, and two other people died in the head-on crash on the New England Hwy north of Armidale on February 10. WATCH … Read more

Tributes flow for young Lismore woman identified as one of four killed in Wardell crash

Sophie-Lee Fullagar, 24, has been identified as one of four people killed in a ute crash last Saturday morning. She died at the scene along with three others — a male driver, a male passenger, and another female passenger — when the blue Mazda BT50 utility left Back Channel Rd, Wardell and rolled just after … Read more

Parkerville bushfire: Community support gives Moody family a chance to celebrate Christmas

There’s been an outpouring of gifts, food, and donations for the Moody family, who lost their home in the Parkerville blaze just days before Christmas. Julie Moody, her husband Craig, and 17-year-old son Sam lost everything including all their Christmas presents when a bushfire destroyed their home in just six minutes. “We went to see … Read more

Vandal ruins nine-year-old Wodonga cancer patient’s Christmas display

A regional Victorian community has banded together to raise money for a nine-year-old cancer patient whose Christmas display outside his home was destroyed. Security cameras captured the moment a vandal tore down Ethan Simpson’s display in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The display was posted in the front yard of his Wodonga home and … Read more

Parkerville bushfire: Generous donations flow for Moody family that lost everything in Thursday’s fire

Generous donations are already flowing in for Parkerville families who lost everything in Thursday’s fires, including belated birthday presents for a racing-obsessed teenager. The Moody family was left with nothing just days before Christmas when the fire tore through their home in just six minutes on Thursday. The family rescued their pet dogs after Julie … Read more