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6 hours ago
- General
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Promising footy player's emotional mum says killer driver's sentence not enough
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here West Australian teen Nick Campo's mother is disappointed her son's killer driver has been sentenced to just three years and two months behind bars. A judge today found the 17-year-old driver, who can't be named, was encouraged to speed by his passengers, saying they were all morally responsible for the tragedy. Nick had just made it to adulthood but a high-speed crash while celebrating his 18th birthday ended it all. A teenager who was behind the wheel of a car in a crash that killed talented footballer Nick Campo in Perth has had his charges upgraded. (9News) Bianca Campo says the sentence for the driver convicted of the manslaughter of her son, Nick Campo, isn't enough (9News) "Nick was a really good kid and he was very much loved by all of us," mother Bianca Campo said, outside court. Nick and some mates were catching a lift to a nightclub when the ute they were in collided with a Jeep in North Lake last July. The promising footy player was killed instantly and three other passengers were seriously injured. "It's something we have to live with everyday for the rest of our lives," Bianca said. "We've been quite broken." The 17-year-old driver was today jailed for two years and seven months for Nick's manslaughter, plus an extra eight-month term for the combined dangerous driving charges. With time served, he could walk free as early as mid next year. Promising footy player Nick Campo was killed instantly and three other passengers were seriously injured. (9News) "We don't feel it was enough and I really don't think it sets a good example for young people," Bianca said There were five boys in the Toyota Hilux and four of them, including the driver, had snorted cocaine. The judge also found the P-plater was being encouraged to drive recklessly, racing to beat the club's midnight lockout. His ute had been dangerously modified, with the front passenger seat facing backwards, and only two seat belts, including his own, working. There were five boys in the Toyota Hilux and four of them, including the driver, had snorted cocaine. (9News) "Please just make sure your kids know to do the right thing when they get into cars because this is like a pain that's unbearable, it really is," Nick's mum said. Children's Court president Hylton Quail said although the legal consequences fell on the driver alone, the moral responsibility of the tragedy was shared by everyone who got in the car. "As his honour described in the sentencing, there are no winners here," defence counsel Michael Tudori said. Nick's parents are now on a mission to educate young drivers in their boy's honour. "It's something no one could understand until you've had to live it and I really feel for people who have to go through this," Bianca said. courts teenagers crime car crashes Perth Western Australia sport CONTACT US Property News: The last inner Sydney suburbs where houses cost under $2m.
9 News
6 days ago
- Business
- 9 News
Victorian farmers to be spared tax increase as they battle drought conditions
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Victorian farmers will temporarily be spared an increase to the controversial Emergency Services Levy, the Premier has announced among a raft of other drought relief measures. Jacinta Allan fronted media in Ballarat to announce immediate drought relief measures to support drought-stricken farmers across the state. All farmers will pay the 2024/25 rate of the Emergency Services Levy, in recognition of "the dramatically worsened conditions and those real pressures that farmers are facing right now". Jacinta Allan fronted media in Ballarat to announce immediate drought relief measures to support drought-stricken farmers across the state. (Nine) "The rate that farmers are paying now will be the rate they pay in the next financial year as well," Allan said. The levy has come under fervent scrutiny in recent weeks following government plans to more than double the fee to support the state's response to natural disasters. CONTACT US Property News: He was evicted. Then he saw his home on Airbnb.
9 News
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Australian contestant Go-Jo knocked out of Eurovision
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Australia's Eurovision contestant Go-Jo has been eliminated from the 2025 competition. Marty Zambotto, known as Go-Jo, was knocked out of the contest with other semi-finalists, including Montenegro, Ireland, Georgia, Czechia and Serbia. Zambotto performed his song Milkshake Man as Australia's representative in the competition, making it to the semi-finals. Zambotto performed his song Milkshake Man as Australia's representative in the competition, making it to the semi-finals. (Jason Henley) "They might not be performing in Saturday's Grand Final – but they've secured their positions in the Eurovision hall of fame," Eurovision said when it announced the finalists. "It's never really goodbye once you've been on the Eurovision stage." The countries that made it to the Grand Final are Lithuania, Israel, Armenia, Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg, Finland, Latvia, Malta and Greece. CONTACT US Property News: Buyers flock to Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Chicago.
9 News
08-05-2025
- Climate
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What the weather on Mother's Day will be like in your state
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here BREAKING Catholic Church elects new pope Plans for Mother's Day picnics in some parts of Australia may require a rethink, with isolated showers forecast. Forecasters say a large ridge of high pressure over the country's south will keep conditions dry for most capital cities on Sunday. Many families celebrating can also look forward to pleasant temperatures, ranging from the low to mid twenties. Eastern parts of Australia can expect showers on Mother's Day. (Weatherzone) But rain is expected to impact a large part of eastern Australia on Sunday, between central NSW northern Queensland. It means a showery Mother's Day for families in Sydney, which will have a top temperature of 22 degrees, and Brisbane, where the mercury will reach a maximum of 24 degrees. But breaks in the rain are likely in both cities. Computer modelling points to heavy rain over northern Queensland, but there's no consensus about how big the falls will be. Southern regions of Western Australia, south-west Tasmania and the Northern Territory's east should also expect showers. The good news is forecasters say no extreme weather will disrupt Mother's Day. Here is the outlook and maximum temperature for the other state and territory capitals: Melbourne, sunny, 23 degrees; Perth, sunny 28 degrees; Adelaide, mostly sunny, 24 degrees; Canberra, sunny, 20 degrees; Hobart, cloudy, 19 degrees; Darwin, mostly sunny, 33 degrees. CONTACT US Property News: The Perth suburbs where residents rarely leave.
9 News
03-05-2025
- Politics
- 9 News
How Nine is farewelling ousted MPs this election
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Each time an election rolls around, the team at Nine comes up with a creative graphic to appropriately farewell MPs as they are bumped from their seats. In previous years, politicians unsuccessful in retaining their patches have been shredded, crushed and given the boot. This time around, Nine has unveiled an election "Dunk Tank" for the evening. This time around, Nine has unveiled an election "Dunk Tank" for the evening. (Nine) Throughout the evening, if an MP is turfed from their seat, they will be bid adieu with a plunge into the Dunk Tank. "Because politics is a circus, anyway," Federal Politics reporter Liz Daniels says. "If a politician tonight is dumped out of Parliament by you, they will be dunked out of Parliament by us." Federal Election 2025 elections federal election CONTACT US Property News: The Perth suburbs where residents rarely leave.
