Sydney

Katrina Dawson, who was killed during the siege in Sydney’s Martin Place last week, has been farewelled Tuesday afternoon at a memorial service in the University of Sydney’s Great Hall. The mother-of-three and successful lawyer was having coffee with a pregnant friend in the Lindt café when they were taken hostage. She was fatally shot during the […]

Tens of thousands of flowers left at Martin Place in remembrance of Sydney siege victims Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson have been cleared by nearly 100 volunteers.

The two women, aged 35 and 30, and 15 others were taken hostage in a dramatic 17-hour siege at the Lindt Café in the heart of Sydney’s CBD on Monday morning. This morning Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn confirmed the two pregnant women had been assessed and both were in a stable condition. One of the […]

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.

The fatal terror siege in Sydney that gripped the world overnight will be causing anxiety in children and teenagers, according to psychologists.

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

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 […]