It was a moment of relief for Marcia Mikhael's family and friends. The image of her being carried out alive of the Lindt cafe in the early hours of this morning put an end to the distress and pain they had been feeling for close to 17 hours

NSW Police say that a story about a man warning people of an impending terrorist attack in Sydney on New Year’s Eve is a hoax. Sources say the story circulating around the community talks about a Sydneysider who finds a wallet and returns it to the owner – often described as being a Middle Eastern […]

Sydney mother-of-three Katrina Dawson was one of the two hostages killed in the siege in Sydney’s Martin Place early Tuesday morning. The 38-year-old barrister – who specialised in commercial, bankruptcy and corporations’ law – worked at Eight Selborne, had three children, aged eight, five and three. Ms Dawson was pronounced dead after being taken to […]

Australians have unified, showing their support for Sydney’s Muslim community after Monday’s Martin Place siege.

Three people, including the gunmen and two hostages are dead as police storm the Lindt cafe.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected on Sunday, but his pre-election promises of “womenomics” might not be on track.

Children were being kept inside their classrooms today as part of precautionary school lock-downs during the siege by a terrorist in the heart of Sydney’s CBD. With the gunman holding an unconfirmed number of people hostage inside the Lindt café at Martin Place, schools were advised to take extra measures to ensure student safety. As […]

Opposition leader, Bill Shorten, has released a statement regarding the siege on Martin Place.

A hostage situation in a Martin Place is still continuing two and a half hours since it begun. 2GB’s Ray Hadley is reporting raids are being carried out in Lakemba by NSW and Australian Federal police but these are unconfirmed reports. Sources say that 20 police are doing a pre-arranged tour of a Lakemba mosque […]

Staff and customers were standing with their hands up in the windows of the Lindt chocolate café earlier this morning where police officers have their guns drawn outside. Police were called to the popular eatery at about 9.45am this morning. The café is roughly 40 metres from the Channel 7 offices so they have cameras trained […]