Jordyn Beazley

A police officer who tried to disarm a 95-year-old nursing home resident who had a steak knife has told the court she feared she would be stabbed, and she was “comfortable” with her partner's decision to draw a taser.

Witness tells Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial that 95-year-old Nowland ‘didn’t appear to acknowledge’ warnings or instructions

NSW senior constable on trial for manslaughter of Clare Nowland hadn’t been trained on ‘exceptional circumstances’ when Taser should not be used, trial told

· 3-min read An officer who fatally tasered a 95-year-old nursing home resident was not trained at the police academy on the “exceptional

“See Clare,” a police officer says sternly as he points his Taser towards an elderly woman in pink pyjamas, and triggers a warning light on her torso.

Matildas captain, Sam Kerr, and her partner have announced they are having a baby due next year.

The New South Wales supreme court has set aside a Minns government decision to cut off access to Newcastle harbour to try to prevent a four-day climate protest.

Magistrate finds there was not enough evidence to convict officer, known only as AB, on a high range drink-driving charge, court hears

Experts say moves to stop the protest come amid an escalating crackdown on activism across the country

As more than a hundred climate activists waded into the Port of Newcastle on Thursday afternoon with kayaks and rafts, with police boats drifting in the distance, it was unclear what would happen next.