A Chinese-Australian businessman’s alleged attempt to “cultivate” former MP Alan Tudge has similarities with the saga that ended Labor senator Sam Dastyari’s political career, a court has been told. Di Sanh Duong, also known as Sunny, returned to the Victorian County Court on Wednesday as his three-week trial entered itsContinue Reading
A $37,450 donation to the Royal Melbourne Hospital is at the centre of an alleged plot to curry Chinese influence in Australia’s political establishment, a court has been told. The motives of prominent Australian-Chinese community leader Di Sanh Duong, also known as Sunny, are under examination in the Victorian CountyContinue Reading
A mother and son who were seriously injured when a car ploughed into a pub in regional Victoria have been reunited nearly two weeks after the tragedy. Five people were killed and another five injured when a BMW mounted the kerb and crashed into patrons at the Royal Hotel beerContinue Reading
A prominent Chinese community leader attempted to “cultivate” a government minister and spread Chinese Communist Party influence in Australian politics, federal prosecutors allege. Di Sanh Duong, affectionately known as “Sunny”, appeared in the Victorian County Court on Thursday for the first day of his trial on alleged foreign interference. HeContinue Reading
The driver of a white BMW has been interviewed by police in hospital following a fatal crash outside a pub in country Victoria that killed six people. The unnamed man, a 66-year-old from Mount Macedon, was spoken to by police on Tuesday but was not arrested or charged. “At thisContinue Reading
The five people who were killed in the shocking Daylesford tragedy on Sunday were long-time friends from two families enjoying a long weekend together. Pratibha Sharma, her nine-year-old daughter Anvi, and her partner Jatin, 30, were killed alongside two members of the Bhatia family, father Vivek, 38, and his sonContinue Reading
A heart breaking picture has emerged of the families ripped apart in the hellish beer garden pub crash that killed five in Daylesford on Sunday. Pratibha Sharma, her nine-year-old daughter Anvi, and her partner Jatin, 30, were killed when a white BMW X5 crashed into the busy venue and hitContinue Reading
More than a hundred people gathered at a park in Daylesford for an emotional vigil to remember the five visitors who were killed in Sunday’s horror pub crash. People congregated at Victoria Park at 6pm, 24 hours after the town was forever changed when a BMW X5 mounted the kerbContinue Reading
Two families have been caught up in a horror crash in regional Victoria that has been described as an “absolute tragedy”. The carnage unfolded on Sunday night after a white BMW X5 crashed into the busy venue and hit customers sitting outside just after 6pm, leaving five dead and fiveContinue Reading
A child has been killed, and four others injured, after three cars crashed in country Victoria. The vehicles collided at the intersection of Old Dookie and Boundary Roads in Shepparton East about 2pm Friday. Another child, and the driver of one of the vehicles involved, were flown to Royal MelbourneContinue Reading