Sydney Sun

31/05/2025

Officers attached to the Sydney City Police Area Command were called to Barangaroo, in the Sydney CBD, shortly before 1:00am on Saturday.

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - A teenage boy has been admitted to hospital, while three younger boys have been arrested, charged, and detained by police. The trio,...

31/05/2025

The incident unfolded around 2:50 pm on Friday when officers from Liverpool City Police Area Command's Proactive Crime Team pulled over a Victorian-registered BMW sedan on Cartwright Avenue, Cartwright, for a random breath test.

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - A 45-year-old Queensland man has been charged after police allegedly discovered a loaded revolver, a prohibited weapon, and a suspected...

31/05/2025

In the early 1980s, after witnessing opportunities in Asia, Barry Pearton saw a clear gap in Australia's media market. Without nothing but optimism, courage and a kitchen table as his office, he founded Asia Today International.

In the early 1980s, after witnessing opportunities in Asia, Barry Pearton saw a clear gap in Australia's media market. Without nothing but optimism, courage and...

24/05/2025

SYDNEY, Australia - A pharmacist has been charged after allegedly defrauding the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) of more than $10 million, leading authorities to seize over $20 million in assets, including a luxury mansion, two Ferraris, two Lamborghinis, a McLaren, and seven BMWs

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) launched an investigation in February 2023 following a tip-off from the Department of Health and Aged Care.

Sydney pharmacist charged with fraud | Ben Huynh's $8m super car collection

The 58-year-old man, Ben Huynh of Dural in northern Sydney (picrured left) is accused of making false PBS claims between 2014 and 2023.

As part of the probe, police raided Huynh's home in the Sydney suburb of Dural and a pharmacy in Cabramatta East, also in suburban Sydney. He has since been charged with two counts of dealing in proceeds of crime worth $1 million or more and two counts of dishonesty causing a loss to the Commonwealth. If convicted, Huynh faces up to 25 years in prison for the most serious offences.

The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) later identified multiple high-value assets believed to be purchased with illicit funds. On 22 May 2025, the NSW Supreme Court approved the freezing of the man's assets.

Among the seized items are:

- A luxury mansion in Dural

- A commercial property in East Cabramatta

- 12 high-end vehicles, including two Ferraris, two Lamborghinis, a McLaren, and seven BMWs

- Multiple bank accounts

AFP CACT Commander Jason Kennedy said the crackdown sends a clear message that crime does not pay.

"By stripping offenders of their ill-gotten wealth, we remove the very incentive that drives such crimes," Commander Kennedy said Saturday. "Many criminals fear losing their assets as much as—if not more than—a prison sentence."

The restrained assets will be managed by the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA). If the case succeeds, they will be sold, with proceeds going into a fund that supports law enforcement, crime prevention, and drug rehabilitation programs.

The accused pharmacist remains on bail and is due to face court again on 6 June 2025.

05/05/2025

Data released this week showed core inflation fell back into the RBA’s target range for the first time since 2021, driven by a slowdown in services prices.

A key measure of inflation in Australia has cooled to its lowest level in three years, lending weight to expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may lower interest rates at its upcoming May meeting

03/05/2025

The Australian Labor Party has been swept to victory for a second term after defeating the Coalition in an extraordinary result where even the opposition leader lost his seat.

Anthony Albanese becomes the first prime minister in more than two decades to win back-to-back elections.

Given a good chance of defeating Labor, the Coalition of the Australian Liberal Party and the National Party entered the campaign at the top of their game. However the resultant campaign has fallen well short of the mark with Labor picking up more seats than in the prior election.

The sway of Rupert Murdoch's New Corp's dominant newspapers and Sky television network failed to make its mark for the first time in many elections, a sign that traditional media no longer has the influence it once had.

News Corp heavily backed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton until the dying days pf the campaign when it became all too obvious the chances of the Coalition regaining power were slipping away.

While Albanese notched up a milestone, so too did Dutton, becoming the first opposition leader to lose his seat in an election. When John Howard lost Bennelong in 2007 he was prime minister. Coincidently Bennelong which had been regained by the Liberals was lost again on Saturday as the national count reached its climax just two-and-a-half hours after polls closed in the eastern states, and just 30 minutes after voting in Western Australia ended.

"I love this country and have fought hard for it, we have been defined by our opponents in this election which is not a true story of who we are," Dutton said in a gracious concession speech at the W Hotel in Brisbane Saturday night. "But we will rebuild from here and we will do that because we know our values, we know our beliefs, and we will always stick to them.

"I want to say thank you to the Australian people for the faith that they have placed in me, and thank them for the great honour of having been the member for Dickson and the leader of the opposition," Dutton said.

29/07/2024

The crash occurred at Tarago, about 40km south of Goulburn which is 195 kilometres south-west of Sydney and 90 kilometres north-east of Canberra.

Three people have been killed in an horrific road traffic collision in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.

29/07/2024

There has been a troubling sequel to last weekend's tragic death of a teenager, when two motorcycles ridden by 16-year old boys collided in New South Wales's Central West.

Despite the efforts of NSW Ambulance Paramedics and first responders, the rider – a 16-year-old boy died at the scene.

09/06/2024

A multi-agency investigation has led to the arrest of two men in Sydney's south-west in connection with a significant co***ne shipment.

09/06/2024

An inmate who was involved in the June 2021 brawl at the Lithgow Correctional Centre, and has since been paroled, will not have to return to jail.

09/06/2024

A motorbike rider has been killed after his collided with a ute about 5 kilometres north of Dubbo in the New South Wales Central West.

09/06/2024

A man has died in suburban Sydney after a trailbike collided with two cars late Wednesday afternoon.