Two men have been charged today over allegedly smuggling drugs by drone south of Sydney.

Events began about 11.45pm on Tuesday when police were called to a unit complex on Corrimal Street, Wollongong, after two men were reported acting suspiciously.

Officers found the pair – aged 43 and 24 – allegedly hiding inside the building.

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They told police they'd been searching for a drone that had crashed nearby.

Officers launched a search and found a damaged drone allegedly carrying a dog waste bag containing 66 grams of methylamphetamine.

The men were arrested and an investigation launched.

Yesterday, police raided a home on Cliff Road, Wollongong, and seized a baton, an electronic stun device, 42 grams of methylamphetamine and $4350 in cash.

Officers also found the front door had been modified with metal and several deadbolts to secure the building.

Both men were charged with drug offences and unlawful entry.

Police will allege they were flying the drone to deliver drugs in the area when it crashed.

The men were refused bail when they appeared in court yesterday.

They are scheduled to front court again next month.

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The Trump administration will soon be asking a judge and jury to believe that four digits constitute a death threat.

But if they are successful, it may create an unusual precedent that could land some of the president's backers behind bars.

Former FBI Director James Comey posted an image on Instagram which threatens to put him in jail for ten years.

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The photo showed a series of seashells and pebbles spelling out the numbers "86 47" on the sand.

"86" is an old-fashioned slang for an item that is no longer on a diner menu, and is commonly used to mean "to throw out".

And "47" is often used to describe Donald Trump, as the 47th president of the United States.

Now the Department of Justice is arguing the message was a death threat against Trump.

Republican Senator Thom Tillis thought the charge against Comey was unwise.

"I just think it's another example of where we're going to regret this, because we're setting a fairly low bar," Tillis told CNN.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren called the charge "bogus".

"This would be embarrassing if it wasn't so damaging," she said.

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Soon after the charge was made against Comey, pro-Trump influencer Jack Posobiec praised the decision.

But it was soon pointed out that Posobiec had posted an identical message about Joe Biden in 2022.

"86 46," Posobiec wrote on X, in a message that is still there.

And Dilbert creator Scott Adams wrote in 2024 "The Simulation says it is time to '86' Biden."

Meanwhile, Fox News host Jesse Watters had used "86" numerous times to describe somebody being fired.

Nevertheless, he claimed Comey had "put a hit out on Trump".

Comey said he did not arrange the shells, but took the photo after finding them that way on a beach.

Soon after it was posted he took it down.

"I didn't realise some folks associate those numbers with violence," Comey said.

"I oppose violence of any kind so I took the post down."

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Trump himself challenged the notion that Comey was unaware of the ulterior meaning of the numbers.

"Well if anybody knows anything about crime, they know '86' is a mob term for 'kill 'em,'" Trump said.

"You ever see the movies?"

Trump himself has a long history of making remarks that could be construed as threats of violence.

In a campaign speech in 2016, he appeared to infer that Hillary Clinton could be shot if she wins the presidency.

"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks, although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don't know," Trump said.

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Comey made his first appearance in court today. 

The magistrate judge rebuffed efforts from the Department of Justice to set conditions on Comey's release.

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The traditional 9 to 5 job is slowly becoming a relic of the pre-COVID workplace.

Job cuts and lay-offs on a local and global scale has spooked many Australian workers into the gig economy, with job loss anxiety hitting a five-year high in April, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index.

Natasha Ciesielski was made redundant twice in the span of eight years.

She wants to avoid this occupational hazard again by trialling a career away from the traditional salaried job.

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The federal government has updated its travel advice for Hong Kong, warning Australians to exercise a high degree of caution when visiting or travelling through the region.

Authorities can request access to personal electronic devices and passwords from anyone in Hong Kong, even if you're only transiting through the airport.

As of last month, it is illegal to refuse to disclose your devices' passwords to the Hong Kong police under the city's broad National Security Law.

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From April 30, it will also be illegal to import alternative smoking products like vapes or possess them in public places, such as the airport.

Hong Kong's security laws can be interpreted broadly and apply to activities outside Hong Kong, including social media posts, the Australian government's Smartraveller website notes in its updated warning.

"The maximum penalty under Hong Kong's national security laws is life imprisonment," the warning reads.

"Citizens of other countries, including Australia, have been arrested, convicted and imprisoned under Hong Kong's security laws."

Authorities in Hong Kong are able to detain a person without charge for up to 16 days and deny them access to a lawyer for up to 48 hours, Smartraveller says.

The warning comes as Australians are flocking to Hong Kong in record numbers. 

In 2025 alone, 469,000 Australians travelled to the destination – a massive 27 per cent surge from the previous year, according to the Hong Kong Tourism Board.

The board attributed this surge to several key factors, including the launch of more direct flights, drawcard events and the city's stopover appeal.

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A "cruel and manipulative" mother who faked her six-year-old son's cancer to secure thousands in donations has been jailed.

In South Australia's District Court today, Judge Geraldine Davison said she refused to accept that gambling and financial difficulties were the root cause of Michelle Bodzsar's offending.

The West Lakes mother, 45, had pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in acts likely to cause harm to her young son and 10 counts of deception.

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She has been in custody since her arrest in December 2024 after being accused of forcing her distressed son to take pseudo medicine while falsely portraying that he had cancer, securing thousands in donations from the community.

"You attribute much of the root cause of this offending to financial difficulties, saying that you felt you were living beyond your means and needed to provide for your family with the latest fashions," Judge Davison said.

"I do not accept that … your offending is far more cruel and manipulative … It was designed as an attention-seeking device."

Her son had sustained an eye injury in a trampoline fall in September 2024 and tests by an ophthalmologist had cleared him.

But she told her husband, Ben Miller, that their son had cancer, and scans had revealed three tumours on his optic nerve, requiring eight rounds of treatment in the form of radiotherapy.

She uploaded social media posts with pictures showing her son with a shaved head, requesting donations to her son's bank account.

Bodzsar had transferred more than $5000 to her account for daily living and also received thousands in cash donations.

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The harm caused to her son was perpetrated on a daily basis by giving him pseudo medication and forcing him to take it "even when he clearly did not want to", the judge said.

"It is a form of child maltreatment and child abuse."

The local school community also experienced shock, betrayal, anger, and a profound sense of shame and embarrassment, the court heard.

"They feel shame for being naive and embarrassed for not spotting the lies earlier," the judge said.

Outside court, Miller said that "no sentence will ever justify what was done to my children".

He was initially arrested but had "absolutely no idea what was going on", the judge said.

"Your crimes have resulted in him losing his job, his career, and being unable to get work because he was on home detention, and no contact with his children for almost seven months," she said to Bodzsar .

Their son was now "angry and sad for no apparent reason" and their daughter was anxious about being abandoned and has been deeply affected, the judge said.

Bodzsar was given a head sentence of four years, three months and 20 days, with a non-parole period of two years and four months, meaning she will be eligible for parole in a year.

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Two people have died and another is fighting for their life after a light plane crashed into an aircraft hangar just north of Adelaide.

South Australia Police chief inspector Andrew McCracken said the DA42 four-seat twin-engine aircraft took off from Parafield Airport after 2pm today and crashed into the Hangar 54 shortly after take-off.

The plane burst into flames and sent thick black smoke into the air.

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A pilot and their passenger died in the crash and a number of airport staff who were inside the hangar at the time were injured.

One person was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a life-threatening condition with significant burns to their body.

Two others were taken to the same hospital in a serious condition and another with minor physical injuries.

Four people were taken to Lyell McEwin Hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation and a further two were taken to Modbury Hospital.

The Air Traffic Safety Board will visit the airport tomorrow morning to assist with the investigation.

"A pathologist is on scene, along with major crash staff," McCracken said.

"It is subject to a full investigation and a cordon will remain in place overnight for at least 24 hours as the matter is investigated."

A Metropolitian Fire Service (MFS) spokesperson said almost 60 firefighters were called to the scene and brought the blaze under control in 20 minutes.

The fire significantly damaged the hangar and several planes inside.

The crash also impacted the fire hydrant system at the airport, which left the sprinkler system out of action.

The MFS issued a smoke advice for the Parafield and Mawson Lakes area due to the extent of the smoke.

Parafield is located about 15 to 18 kilometres north of the Adelaide CBD.

It is the second light plane crash in Parafield in a matter of months.

In January, a plane crashed at Parafield Airport as it was about to land.

The pilot and sole occupant walked away from the crash uninjured.

The plane caught fire on impact and flames spread to nearby grass.

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Pamela Cossill, 38, spent the money on gambling and maintaining her household.

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Rebel Wilson has denied falsifying a complaint by the star of her directorial debut, describing the claimed sexual harassment incident as an "absolute nightmare situation".

The Pitch Perfect star is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes, the 27-year-old lead actor of the musical comedy The Deb.

MacInnes alleges she was defamed by Wilson in social media posts that suggested she is a liar who retracted a sexual harassment complaint to further her acting and music career.

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MacInnes confided she felt uncomfortable after the film's co-producer, Amanda Ghost, asked to have a shower and a bath together in September 2023, according to Wilson.

During her second day in the witness box today, the first-time director told the Federal Court the young actor later "flip-flopped" on her complaint while sounding nervous in a phone call.

MacInnes' barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC noted her client had consistently denied making a complaint and suggested Wilson made up the comments to sow division.

The Bridesmaids star rejected the accusation and described a producer and young lead actor living and having a bath together as a terrible scenario.

"It is an absolute nightmare situation for me who's a first-time director making a movie that is essentially a girl-power movie," she said.

"It would not at all be in my interest to make up a sexual harassment complaint."

Wilson suggested someone spoke to MacInnes to get her to change her story before the phone call in which the young actor insisted she had not been uncomfortable during the earlier incident.

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The first-time director reported the conversation back to Ghost, telling her "Charlotte says all good", texts tendered to the court showed.

But Wilson said she felt a lingering sense of unease about the situation after observing a change in how the pair interacted, including overt sexual conversations.

"It was really suss," she said.

Chrysanthou accused the Hollywood star of raising the alleged complaint after it had been resolved in order to get her way during a dispute with her co-producer, something Wilson denied.

The famous actor has also repeatedly denied bullying and harassing MacInnes, saying she considers herself a champion of women.

She was questioned about texts she sent to the young star in May 2023 after inviting her to a theatre production with other cast members of The Deb.

MacInnes apologised for not getting back to her and blamed a lack of wi-fi, the texts showed.

"I appreciate the apology," Wilson replied.

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"In the future, it is terribly rude to say you wanted a ticket to a show and then you don't reply or follow up … not a great start to our working relationship."

MacInnes sent "huge apologies" and praised the older actor as "nothing short of wonderful".

Wilson rejected suggestions from Chrysanthou that the text was utterly inappropriate, bullying or "over the top chastisement" of a junior actor.

"I don't regard one text message as bullying," she said.

She similarly dismissed any suggestion of wrongdoing in connection with her inability to hand over communications requested by MacInnes' legal team.

Wilson said her phone had been stolen in London in 2025 and some of her WhatsApp and text chains hadn't been backed up.

"Are you sure your phone was stolen and you didn't just dump it in a park?" Chrysanthou asked.

Wilson's lawyer Dauid Sibtain SC objected to the question but not before his client described the allegation as "absolutely outrageous".

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