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Woman's multiple personality diagnosis 'confusing', but 'not unbelievable', jury told in father's child abuse trial
A prosecutor has told the jury in a child sex abuse trial that a woman's multiple personality diagnosis may be confusing but that doesn't make it unbelievable or inconceivable.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Courts
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Test stars motivate teen's miraculous return to cricket just months after a cardiac arrest
Newcastle teen Kade Sutton was put into an induced coma after suffering heart failure during a warm-up. Now he's back at the crease, with the support of some sporting heroes and his life-saving coach.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Cricket
History and horticulture bloom spectacularly in Lambton Park
For the best part of a century and a half, Lambton Park has been a flourishing focus of life in Newcastle.
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Gardening
Duration: 11 minutes 57 seconds
Landlord appeals $250k damages payout after being found negligent over death of tenant
It is a case that likely to have ramifications for all rental property owners in relation to providing to working smoke alarms.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Courts
Bucks party trio handed lengthy jail sentences for 'cold, callous, degrading' gang rape of three women
Three men from Sydney have been sentenced to prison over their sexual assaults against three women in their late teens, with the longest term being 14 years.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts
Mother rejects daughter's multiple personality diagnosis in husband's child sex abuse trial
The mother of a Newcastle woman who has given evidence as four different identities during the trial defends her husband, as the prosecution alleges her "caring mother portrayal" is false.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Courts
Underwater noise pollution loud enough to severely impact marine life, study finds
The first study into underwater noise pollution in estuaries on the east coast of Australia has uncovered the potentially devastating impacts noise from human activities is having on marine life.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Marine Biology
Duration: 32 seconds
Former superyacht operator sentenced over Newcastle cocaine importation, people smuggling
James Blake Blee has been sentenced to at least seven years and six months in prison for his role in the importation of cocaine into the Port of Newcastle.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Drug Offences
Police locate body in search for man who went missing while trying to recover yacht at Lake Macquarie
The missing man was last seen in the water on Lake Macquarie on Monday afternoon, trying to swim towards a tinny before a witness lost sight of him.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Missing Person
Residents across eastern NSW to swelter in 'first significant heatwave of this season'
A severe weather warning is in place across eastern NSW until Thursday, with temperatures expected to soar up to 12 degrees Celsius above average.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather Warnings
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
Sibling of NSW woman with multiple personalities also alleges abuse at hands of their father during trial in Newcastle
Two siblings have given evidence against their father in a long-running child sexual abuse trial in Newcastle, revealing their mother allegedly knew of their father's alleged abuse.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Courts
Climate protesters granted bail after allegedly disrupting shipping channel into world's largest coal port
Two protesters have been granted bail after paddling into the path of a Newcastle shipping channel banned to protesters. Another 150 people are also facing criminal charges.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Courts
Friend still haunted by Hannah Clarke's death urges men to 'no longer stay silent'
Dave Kramer's best friend and her three children were murdered by her estranged husband; now he's urging other men to take a stand against violence.
Published: Source: ABC Mid North CoastTopic: Domestic Violence
Children among 170 protesters arrested at blockade of world's largest coal port
Police say they have arrested 170 protesters in Newcastle Harbour for allegedly blocking the shipping channel during an anti-fossil fuel protest.
Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Demonstrations
The community group pushing for change amid record-high Aboriginal incarceration rates
Wiradjuri woman Carly Stanley previously worked in corrective services. Now she and her community are breaking the cycle of justice involvement in the lives of Aboriginal people.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Justice System
Woman stabbed in chest on NSW train, suspect arrested and sedated
A woman has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in the chest on a New South Wales train.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crime
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