A severe weather warning for damaging winds and damaging surf is current for Sydney, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Hunter and Illawarra areas. At the moment, wind gusts of 70km/h are producing several reverse waterfalls in the Royal National Park.
A US congressional committee investigating police actions in a park near the
@WhiteHouse
has been told the “attack” on 7NEWS U.S. Correspondent
@AmeliaBrace
and her cameraman Tim Myers was unlawful.
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"Just trying to collect as many as we can." A group of teenagers has rescued a carload of injured koalas from the fire-ravaged national park on South Australia's Kangaroo Island. More:
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98-year-old Sydneysider Daphne Dunne has met Harry for a third time in Sydney. Harry introduced his wife to Daphne for the first time today. "Marvellous."
#RoyalWatch
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Police are now working on the premise arson is to blame for much of the devastation caused this bushfire season. A strike force will investigate whether blazes were deliberately lit, and bring those responsible to justice.
@ebatten7
#NSWFires
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Christchurch Terror: A 17-year-old boy was arrested after allegedly throwing an egg at Senator
@fraser_anning
at a speaking event at Moorabbin in Melbourne today. The teenager has since been released pending further inquiries.
#auspol
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Police in Canada have launched a murder investigation into the deaths of Australian Lucas Fowler and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese after their bodies were found near a highway.
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A tiger snake found its way to Melbourne's CBD this afternoon. Police blocked off one lane of traffic before Barry the snake catcher arrived to collect the venomous reptile.
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A Dubbo man has become a local hero pulling off an impressive tackle while taking down a knife wielding man in a shopping centre yesterday afternoon. The 54 year old offender had apparently been yelling threats when the bystander took action.
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Sydney Storm: Nearly 200 people have needed rescuing from floodwaters after Sydney's monster deluge sent torrents of rain surging across our suburbs. Power is still out to thousands of residents - insurers are putting damage at $45M.
@NatashaSquarey
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“This is tremendously exciting...
@russellcrowe
wrote a letter of recommendation...it's just been terrific” -
@TerriIrwin
-
@AustraliaZoo
. Steve Irwin will become the 2,635th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame during a ceremony to be held on Thursday 26th April.
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Royal Tour: Meghan is wearing a sleeveless white dress called 'Blessed' by Australian Karen Gee that revealed a just-there baby bump with her hair out, while Harry is in a blue suit and pale blue tie. Karen Gee's website crashed as soon as the Royal Tour began.
#RoyalTour
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Royal Tour: Harry introduces 98-year-old Daphne Dunne to his wife Meghan. "Oh my goodness, is this Daphne?" asked Meghan. Previously, Daphne met other members of the Royal family, including Prince Charles, in Canberra more than 30 years ago.
#RoyalTour
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"The locals probably gave him the welcome that he probably deserved. I'd say this to the Prime Minister today, 'the nation wants you to open up the cheque books...'" - Member for Bega
@AndrewConstance
speaking about
@ScottMorrisonMP
's visit to Cobargo.
Crangan Bay: A parent's intuition has saved the life of a teenager who spent 24 hours trapped in the wreckage of his crashed car. When he didn't come home his father took drastic action hiring a helicopter to help search for him. And it paid off.
@MyleeHogan
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A tiny painting discovered hanging in the kitchen of an elderly French woman has sold for a record amount at auction. It turns out it was a long lost masterpiece by a 13th century Italian painter.
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Uluru today was closed to climbers permanently by the Northern Territory Parks & Wildlife, respecting the wishes of the rock's traditional owners. Anangu are the traditional owners of Uluru-Kata Tjuta, and have formally owned the land since the early 1980s
Sydney Harbour Lightning: This is a shot of the lightning that struck the harbour at 7:40pm tonight - narrowly missing a couple of ferries that were berthing at Circular Quay.
#Sydney
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A Sydney judge has today blasted an Instagram star for her vacuous existence smuggling 95 kilos of cocaine into our city to finance her online lifestyle. Escort Melina Roberge was jailed for 8 years.
@laurakatebanks
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Last night at Sydney Olympic Park
@taylorswift13
thanked her fans for being "real friends". Not even thunder and lightning held back the singer-songwriter. She wowed fans with tracks from her Reputation album which was performed to an almost sold-out crowd.
#reputationsydney
Menindee Fish: "It's not drought, unfortunately it is man-made. And I think someone needs to stand up and take accountability for what's happened. We've spoken to a lot of locals already today, and we've seen them crying" -
@TolarnoStation
farmer Kate McBride.
#Menindee
#7News
Authorities are urgently trying to work out how an overhead freeway sign fell, crushing a passing driver's car in Melbourne. Amazingly, she was not badly hurt and was taken to hospital in a stable condition suffering neck injuries.
#Melbourne
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A 16-year-old school boy says he knows how to solve the energy crisis and is lobbying the prime minister to remove the prohibition on nuclear power. Brisbane teen Will Shackel has founded a youth-led organisation called Nuclear for Australia
#auspol
#7NEWS
Authorities believe Lucas Fowler and his girlfriend Chynna Deese were murdered after their van broke down on the Alaska Highway, 20 kilometres south of Liard Hot Springs.
#7NEWS
Swimmers and surfers at Tamarama beach were this morning told to get out of the water or risk a potential danger. A large Great White shark was sighted, calmly patrolling the shallows and chasing a seal until lifeguards managed to chase it back out to sea.
#Tamarama
#7News
NSW is considering a bold bid to steal the
@F1
Grand Prix from Melbourne. 7NEWS can reveal high level talks are underway to potentially stage Australia's version of the famous Monaco race on our streets.
#F1
#7NEWS
"Our Ambassador should be certainly making representations on behalf of these Australians who effectively been assaulted...for doing their job" - Leader of the
@AustralianLabor
Party
@AlboMP
speaking after
@Channel7
journalist & cameraman were hit.
#7NEWS
“I don’t want to see Australia drawn into a military conflict in the Middle East and I think that the first priority should be ensuring that Australians are kept safe.”
@albomp
has responded to Iran’s missile attack on U.S. forces in Iraq.
#auspol
#7NEWS
Coronavirus: "It appears a second cruise ship has been allowed to disembark passengers...I am concerned about this situation. It is an indication of the continuing mixed messages that are being sent by the government." -
@KKeneally
.
#Coronavirus
#7NEWS
Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside a Sydney police station in a demonstration against the “brutal” arrest of an iconic activist. Danny Lim, 74, who walks Sydney’s streets wearing a sandwich board with messages was arrested at Barangaroo on Friday.
#DannyLim
#7News
There have been discussions about 'contingency planning' should
@GladysB
quit, or be forced to quit, as Premier. There is growing concern about how the COVID-19 crisis is being handled.
#nswpol
#7NEWS
World Number 1
@ashbarty
has become the latest Australian sports star to join fundraising efforts for bushfire victims, pledging to donate all of her Brisbane International prize money.
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For days we've been warned it was coming, and tonight, communities across New South Wales are fighting to save their towns, as the bushfire emergency roared back to life.
@RobertOvadia
#NSWFires
#7NEWS
Bankstown: When 36yo Kenan Basic went to help a young woman in need he never thought his act of kindness would turn his life upside down. He found himself charged with indecent assault, spent 2 weeks in jail, lost his job and his marriage.
@Sacre88
#7NEWS
Fire Emergency: Fire racing up a cliff in the Grose Valley, near Blackheath. Emergency warnings have been issued for fires at Wildes Meadow, Currowan, Tianjara, Gospers Mountain, Green Wattle Creek & Grose Valley.
#NSWfires
#7NEWS
Royal Tour: "There's a lot to celebrate here in the 'City of Smiles' - Harry speaking to the crowd at the giant picnic in Dubbo's Victoria Park. "And the rain was a gift."
#RoyalTour
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Devoted mum Bjumchu Zangmo is confident Australian surgeons will separate her conjoined twin daughters who are scheduled for surgery on Friday. 14-month-old Nima & Dawa are joined at the torso, surgeons plan to give the girls their independence during a marathon procedure.
#7News
.
@RealHughJackman
(AC) has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in a ceremony at Government House in Canberra. The acclaimed actor has been recognised for his contribution to the performing arts and his work to eradicate poverty.
#7NEWS
International Tiger Day. "For us, it's about tiger conservation. At
@AustraliaZoo
our goal is to really have people get to love and respect tigers"
@RobertIrwin
- Wildlife Warrior.
#7News
Sydney's 2018 New Year's Eve celebrations will include more pyrotechnics than ever before, including 8.5 tonnes of fireworks and 35,000 shooting comets, and an extra 1,000 effects coming off the bridge including heart-shaped fireworks and a smiley-face.
#SydNYE
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Europe could be in for a political earthquake with Italy's likely new prime minister who is anti-gay parenting, anti-abortion and anti-immigration. Hard-line right winger Giorgia Meloni is claiming victory as the country's first female PM.
#7NEWS
Labor frontbencher
@Tanya_Plibersek
has declared that the federal parliament has failed Australian women. The Shadow Minister for Women delivered an emotional plea, calling on all members to do better to fix the broken system. 7NEWS at 6pm.
#auspol
#7NEWS
17-year-old Thomas Ross-Buzza, who has Down Syndrome, has fulfilled his dream of running on for a first grade rugby league game.
@sophie_tetzlaff
#7News
.
@amnesty
has called on US authorities to drop the charges against
@Wikileaks
founder Julian Assange and urged British authorities to release him immediately.
#7NEWS
Wallaby on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Cahill Expressway - Filmed at about 5am by some very helpful police officers who protected the wallaby. The animal is now in the care of staff at
@tarongazoo
.
#7News
This week Julian Assange was back in the headlines again after it was confirmed Australia is providing him with consular assistance following a visit from 2 officials from the High Commission in London.
#WikiLeaks
#7News
One unlucky person thought they were filling up their tank at a service station in West Pennant Hills, but they were only pouring fuel straight into the boat's fishing rod holder. The accident wasn't cheap, costing nearly $600.
#WestPennantHills
#7NEWS
An anti-parasitic drug available throughout the world has been found to kill COVID-19 within 48 hours. A Monash University-led study has shown a single dose of the drug Ivermectin could stop the SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in cell culture.
#coronavirus
#7NEWS
.
@AlboMP
is promising to slash electricity bills under a new plan to reduce emissions if he wins government. Labor's long awaited climate policy has been unveiled which will also see hundreds of thousands of new jobs for the regions.
#auspol
#7NEWS
Two men have been charged over what is alleged to be a 'horrific' child sex ring, operating in the town where William Tyrrell disappeared. The pair accused of crimes federal police say have shaken their most senior investigators.
@sarina_andaloro
#7NEWS
Oran Park: A 26-year-old man was arrested at a Franklin Grove house overnight and charged with assaulting a 21-year-old Camden woman. The incident is believed to have been live-streamed on a gaming website at about 8.30pm last night.
#OranPark
#7News
NSW Fires: Staff from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife conducted a food drop for brush-tailed rock wallaby colonies across the state yesterday. Sweet potato and carrots were dropped as part of 'Operation Rock Wallaby'.
#NSWfires
#7NEWS
After 2 postponements Australia's
@WeAreInvictus
team is finally off to Holland. Competitors along with their family and friends departed
@SydneyAirport
this afternoon on a
@AusAirForce
plane. Founded by Prince Harry, the 5th Invictus Games will get underway this Sunday.
Australian
@wikileaks
founder Julian Assange has made a last-ditch appeal to avoid extradition from the UK to the United States. His lawyers are arguing he won't receive a fair trial in the US where he is facing espionage charges and up to 175 years in jail.
#7NEWS
How's this for a send off? 94-year-old Maureen was released from Melbourne's Austin Hospital on Wednesday after fighting off COVID-19, and is finally well enough to go home. Video credit:
@tdolling
.
#7NEWS
"We have a culture in our school system which is really anti-male. Which is constantly demonising boys...we never do anything to praise men" -
@thebettinaarndt
speaking to 7NEWS about her appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
#7NEWS
Drug mule Melina Roberge, who smuggled $21M worth of cocaine onto a luxury cruise, has been slammed by a judge for her vacuous Instagram existence. The judge said the Canadian escort was seduced by the chance to post glamorous photos from all over the world.
@laurakatebanks
Australia's bushfire crisis in pictures: We thank all the firefighters and emergency services for their efforts battling blazes across the country.
#7NEWS
.
@djokernole
says he is heartbroken by the devastation caused by the bushfire crisis. Djokovic stopped by a koala sanctuary in Brisbane this afternoon to make a donation to help the rescue efforts of wildlife affected by the bushfires.
#7NEWS
The premier has condemned the actions of one of his MPs who's circulated pornographic images of women in parliament. Upper house Liberal
@PeterPoulosMLC
has admitted to spreading naked photos of the MP as part of a political 'get square'.
#7NEWS
One of the biggest celebrities in the world, Bollywood superstar
@iamsrk
, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by
@latrobe
University for his film achievements and extensive philanthropic work.
#7NEWS
14-month-old conjoined twins have landed in Melbourne for marathon surgery to separate them. The girls, Nima and Dawa, are from the Himalayan nation of Bhutan and their mother says they're starting to get cranky with each other.
@BlakeJohnson
#7News
Final Frame: An elderly Italian couple with coronavirus have marked their 50th wedding anniversary with a small celebration in ICU, after medics organised for them to be together.
#TheLatest
#7NEWS