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Daily Mail
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- General
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Aussie tradie dies in horror workplace accident while operating cherry picker near powerlines
An Aussie tradie and endometriosis advocate has died in a freak workplace accident while operating a cherry picker near powerlines during a storm. Distribution line worker for Ausgrid, Brett Hinton, was operating a cherry picker near powerlines in Randwick, south-east of Sydney CBD, during a storm on May 22. Emergency services were called to Darley Road after receiving reports the 47-year-old had been seriously injured. Paramedics rushed Mr Hinton to St Vincent's Hospital in a critical condition but he was unable to be saved. Mr Hinton was a passionate campaigner for women's health and advocated to fight and cure endometriosis. He became a powerful voice in the women's health community after witnessing his wife suffer from the debilitating condition.
News.com.au
22-05-2025
- News.com.au
Tradie killed by fallen power line in Randwick, Sydney
A tradie has been killed after he was electrocuted by fallen power lines and went into cardiac arrest on a suburban street.
Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Tradie critically injured on a cherry picker in Randwick
A tradie has been rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being electrocuted while operating a cherry picker in Sydney. The man went into cardiac arrest after coming into contact with power lines on Darley Road in Randwick just before 2pm on Wednesday. It's understood the man, who is aged in his 40s, is an employee of Ausgrid. After the tradie came into contact with the power lines, his co-workers brought him down to the ground and commenced CPR. Paramedics took over CPR on the tradie at the scene before he was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital. Several Randwick residents are currently without power following the incident. Ausgrid workers are on site attempting to restore power as quickly as possible. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation. Police have established a crime scene and are looking into how the tradie came into contact with the power lines.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Read the tragic last messages from the Aussie tradie feared dead in in Ukraine - and the little white lies he told his parents to stop them worrying
An Australian tradie feared killed by Russian forces had told his family he was studying at a German university while actually fighting on the frontline in Ukraine. Queenslander Caleb List opened up in a series of haunting messages to Daily Mail Australia in the months before he vanished and is now feared dead. He had been serving in the Ukrainian army since 2022 after he had been rejected from joining the Australian military, he said. The 25-year-old from Gladstone is believed to have died last month after being hit by artillery fire in a contested territory near the city of Izyum, in the Kharkiv region. Since enlisting, Mr List had sent encrypted messages from Ukraine's trenches to Daily Mail Australia journalist Jonica Bray to give updates on his time in the war-ravaged country. In them, he revealed the real reason he was risking his life to fight for Ukraine, why he was a prized target for Russia, and why he kept it all secret from his parents. 'It's not as crazy as most people think,' he said about what day-to-day was like in a warzone that's seen almost one million killed or wounded. 'There are scary moments and bad thing happen around Ukraine every day, but it's a normal country and it still has to operate like one. 'The only thing is there's a giant war in the background.' Thousands of foreign fighters like Mr List had signed up to help defend Ukraine, despite warnings from their governments, including Australia, not to travel there. The Aussie tradie spent anywhere from days to weeks in the trenches where he was heavily armed, alongside both local soldiers and other foreign legion members of the army. 'It could be quiet. We could get bombed or the trench could get assaulted,' he said. 'Then I come home to the back lines, I do some training, eat some food, work on hobbies, call and message family, friends and other loved ones. 'Kind of like what normal people do on their weekends. Then, the cycle repeats itself.' He said he volunteered to defend Ukraine - which he'd never visited previously - after being shunned by the Australian Defence Force. Despite that setback, Mr List decided to head to Europe in 2022 to fulfill his lifelong dream of one day becoming a soldier and see military action. His initial plan was to join the French Foreign Legion, but while on his way to France to sign up, Russia invaded Ukraine, and his whole life changed. While on a drunken binge in Poland, Mr List crossed the border where he spotted a tent with the sign 'Legionnaire.' He enrolled and then admitted he blacked out in a drunken stupor for the rest of the day. That night the entire base was blown up in an artillery attack and Mr List and others had to flee into the neighbouring forest to take cover. After about a month of basic training, he was transferred to the frontline, but kept the news from his family. Mr List said he used various encrypted apps to communicate because he believed that as an Australian, he had a bounty on his head. 'It puts my life in danger if they know where I am,' he said. 'I just become a target on pro-Russian Telegram [messaging apps] groups.' Mr List's last messages were received in March, just a few weeks before he is believed to have been killed in April. In those messages, Mr List revealed his parents still did not know he was back in combat. 'I went back to the front again. I have some more scars, but I'm good living the dream,' he said. 'At the moment my parents think that I am studying over in Germany. 'I will tell them soon. But at the moment there are bigger family problems to deal with than my choice in profession.' It's believed this was Mr List's third stint in a job that he insisted 'pays well' at $3.900 per month with a 'combat bonus' of $2,698 for every 30 days you are on the frontline. 'That's triple the average Ukrainian wage,' he said. With no family connections, heritage or affiliations with the Ukraine, Mr List said he was used to people asking him why he's there, but after three years he was still unsure how to reply. 'Why I'm still here? It is not a fully easy question to answer,' he admitted to Daily Mail Australia. 'There are several things that make me stay here and choose to continue to serve under the Ukrainian Army. 'But it seems quite selfish to leave all my Ukrainian friends behind to deal with a war. 'I'll stay until I'm ready to leave.' Mr List's uncle Michael Connolly spoke to media on Thursday and said the family is devastated by news of his likely death, but had not yet given up all hope. 'We're all in a bit of shock and we all are waiting on news to come out of the area,' Mr Connolly said.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Young Aussie woman reveals why she ditched her law degree to become a bricklayer in male dominated industry
A young woman has revealed why she made the decision to hit pause on her law degree and pursue a career as a bricklayer. Bonnie, 29, studied law and criminology in Queensland before packing up her life and moving to Wollongong, 85km south of Sydney, to work in construction. The tradie explained she had been forced to work 40 hour weeks doing night fill shifts at Woolworths in order to finance her studies. As part of her degree, Bonnie was required to complete a full-time six month placement, which she said would have very likely been unpaid as she only had retail experience. 'I had no idea how I was going to do that but I thought the best thing to do was start studying and cross that bridge when I get to it,' she said in a TikTok video. Bonnie explained she would have to move out of housing into shared university accommodation, commit to 25 hours a week of night fill shifts at Woolworths and 20 hours of study alongside the full-time placement. She planned to take a brief break from her studies to prepare. The 29-year-old moved from Queensland to Wollongong and started landscaping. Bonnie said she could suddenly earn twice as much as she was earning in her retail position as an entry-level tradie. 'The first time in my adult life I was happy to get out of bed to do the work, to do the thing I needed to do to earn money and have a quality of life,' she said. Bonnie worked out if she 'could pursue the highest pay rate without qualifications in the construction industry' she could save $30,000. 'That's how much I needed sitting in a savings account to survive for six months without having a job to do the placement and fully commit myself to it,' she said. 'That's how I'd get through this law degree.' Bonnie soon found herself needing to find another job in construction, but was told she didn't have enough experience. One day she was walking past a bricklaying crew and stopped to write down the information of the carpentry and plumbing companies used on site to apply for a job. A 45-year-old male brickie wolf-whistled at Bonnie and asked if she would like to go out for a drink with him. Bonnie hit back: 'No mate I'm looking for a job.' In a surprising turn of events, the tradie called over to Bonnie and offered her a job on the spot to be a brickie's labourer. Bonnie started onsite the following morning and since then has gone from strength to strength in her new career. The 29-year-old said she still intends on completing her law and criminology degree as criminal law remains her passion. However, for now, she's happy pursuing a career in construction. In Australia, an entry-level bricklayer can make as much as $75,000-a-year while an experienced worker can pull in north of $90,000. Bonnie received a flurry of support after sharing her story, with one viewer commenting: 'Girl your attitude should be trademarked.' Someone else wrote: 'You will go far no matter what field of work you take. You are a go getter and inspirational really!' 'What an absolute weapon you are!' another said.
