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Church promises better support after bishop's resignation

The Anglican Diocese of Grafton says it is developing a new approach to better support victims of abuse following the shock resignation of a local bishop.
ABC - May 18, 2:42 pm
Teen charged with child snatch attempt

A 17-year-old boy has been charged with trying to abduct a five-year-old girl and threatening her family with a knife at a shopping centre in northern NSW.
May 18, 2:33 pm
Missing toddler found alive in dense bushland

A toddler who went missing yesterday near Taree on the New South Wales mid-north coast has been found safe and well.
ABC - May 18, 8:05 am
Search for missing boy suspended overnight

A ground and air search for a toddler who went missing on the New South Wales mid-north coast will resume later this morning.
ABC - May 18, 1:07 am
NSW hunt for toddler Tyler suspended

Police will wait till first light to resume searching for a toddler lost on the NSW mid-north coast.
May 17, 7:52 pm
Two charged after meth found in hair dye

Two Hong Kong nationals are behind bars after Australian authorities found $43 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in hairdressing products.
May 17, 7:19 pm
Man wanted for assaults on primary school girls

Specialist child abuse investigators have been called in to talk to four girls who were assaulted at their primary school in Sydney's inner west.
ABC - May 17, 6:23 pm
Disgraced ex-cop 'Chook' Fowler dies

A notorious former New South Wales police officer who was at the centre of the 1996 Wood Royal Commission into police corruption has died.
ABC - May 17, 6:11 pm
Priest 'refused to be questioned' over abuse

Documents tendered to an inquiry into child sexual abuse in the NSW Hunter Valley reveal a senior member of Australia's Catholic Church refused to be questioned over an alleged abuse cover-up.
ABC - May 17, 6:08 pm
Man jailed over brutal rape and murder

Family members of a young Sydney woman who was raped and killed have expressed disappointment at the sentence handed to her killer.
ABC - May 17, 5:45 pm
Sex attack on four Sydney schoolgirls

Police are hunting a man who assaulted four primary school girls, one sexually, in Sydney.
May 17, 5:41 pm
Macdonald believes ICAC will clear him

Former NSW resources minister Ian Macdonald believes the state's anti-corruption watchdog won't make any adverse findings against him.
May 17, 5:19 pm
NSW urged to fight for Gonski funds

The NSW opposition is calling on Premier Barry O'Farrell to contact Tony Abbott and demand support for the education deal NSW signed with the PM.
May 17, 5:01 pm
Bishop resigns over handling of abuse claims

An Anglican bishop on the New South Wales north coast has resigned over his handling of abuse claims at a children's home.
ABC - May 17, 4:57 pm
Grafton Bishop resigns over abuse claims

The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton has apologised for his failings and says he is resigning over the way allegations of sex abuse were handled.
May 17, 4:19 pm