Australia News LIVE: Jaw-dropping details emerge of a man’s final moments after he was stabbed in Pemulwuy, western Sydney

Welcome to Daily Mail Australia’s live blog. Here’s what’s making news on Friday. 

Stabbed 21-year-old man drove 500m down the road – then died in the driver’s seat

Harrowing new details have emerged about how a dying man drove 500m down the road after he was stabbed in a driveway of a home in Sydney’s west.

Emergency services were called to Driftway Drive at Pemulwuy about 10.45pm on Thursday after a man was stabbed several times.

The 21-year-old is understood to have been attacked in the driveway of a home. He then clambered into his ute and drove half a kilometre down the street.

His ute then came to a stop half a kilometre down the road and he died in the driver’s seat.

An urgent manhunt continues for two men in dark clothing last seen heading south on foot on Driftway Drive.

Police have confirmed the victim and location were known to them.

‘That will form part of our investigation,’ Detective Superintendent Simon Glasser said.

‘He’s not well-known to police.’

Police are yet to determine whether the stabbing is linked to gangland or organised crime.

‘It’s early in the investigation, however, we’ll be certainly looking to see if that is the case,’ Supt Glasser said.

Detectives remain at the two crime scenes on Friday doorknocking residents.

Shocked neighbours recalled hearing frantic screams and the screeching of tyres at the time of the stabing.

‘This is serious high level violence which we can’t tolerate,’ Supt Glasser said.

‘Our detectives are working on this with the assistance of the State Crime Command and we’re throwing everything we can at it.’

Man stabbed to death outside a Sydney home

Homicide detectives have launched an urgent manhunt after a man was stabbed to death in Sydney’s west.

Emergency services were called to Driftway Drive at Pemulwuy about 10.45pm on Thursday after a man suffering from multiple stab wounds was found lying outside a home.

The man, 21 died at the scene, despite paramedics’ efforts to revive him.

It’s understood the man was attacked in the driveway of his home.

Despite his injuries, he managed to get into his ute and drove 500 metres down the road, before coming to a stop and died in the driver’s seat.

Police launched an investigation with the assistance of the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad.

Officers and forensic officers spent the night scouring the crime scene and examining a silver Volkswagen Amarok ute.

A trail of blood was seen on the driver door of the vehicle.

Detectives remain at the scene doorknocking residents on Friday morning, where the street remains closed off.

‘It was just horrific.’ one resident told the Daily Telegraph.

‘There was so much screaming and blood.’

No arrests have yet been made.

Police are expected to give an update later on Friday morning.

Anyone with information or CCTV is urged to call Crime Stoppers.

Carlton suffers another humiliating defeat – and fans are NOT happy

Fed-up footy fans have vandalised Carlton’s AFL headquarters after the Blues were hammered by Port Adelaide on Thursday night.

The blunt message at IKON Park in Melbourne read: ‘Sack the board, sack (Nick) Austin and (Brad) Lloyd. Keep (Michael) Voss. TDK (Tom de Koning) yes or no?’

The Blues sit 11th on the ladder following Thursday night’s 50-point defeat – and could drop further by the end of round 16.

Man accused of stealing wagyu cattle and bull semen from his former boss

Bull semen worth $100,000 is part of a haul of allegedly stolen wagyu cattle uncovered by police in northern NSW.

A Grafton man, 34, faces 20 charges including cattle theft and obtaining financial advantage after allegedly stealing more than 100 cattle from his employer.

A vet allegedly contacted by the man also faces animal cruelty charges for failing to provide treatment to some of his cattle.

The cattleman was asked by his boss to sell 200 breeding cattle, but instead is accused of arranging to sell 114 of the animals, including 45 valuable fullblood wagyu cows, to himself.

Police say the deceptive sale led to a discount of almost $100,000 after the man bought the herd through a third-party at a greatly reduced price.

A search warrant connected to the theft allegedly uncovered a liquid nitrogen storage tank containing bull semen stolen from the employer, worth another $100,000.

Embryos for breeding were also part of the alleged haul.

After his property was searched, police allegedly told the 34-year-old to seek treatment from a veterinarian for six wagyu bulls.

Police say the vet produced false documents saying he had treated the cattle without doing so and two of the bulls later died.

The vet has been charged with committing an aggravated act of animal cruelty and failing to provide vet treatment.

He was bailed to appear at Grafton Local Court on August 11.

The 34-year-old is charged with 20 offences including cattle theft, animal cruelty and obtaining financial advantage by deception.

He was bailed to appear in the same court on August 4.

Man killed at house party identified as clothing chain co-founder

The co-founder of the Universal Store clothing chain has been killed after allegedly being stabbed by a teenage boy in Brisbane during a house party.

Greg Josephson, 58, who co-founded the business with his brother Michael in 1999, was found dead at his Clayfield house in the city’s north, shortly after 8pm on Thursday night.

A 15-year-old boy, who was known to the entrepreneur, was arrested at the Oriel Road home and has been charged with murder.

He will face court on Friday.

Fresh twist emerges about the street cleaner sacked for refusing to do an Acknowledgement of Country

A street cleaner who won an unfair dismissal claim after being sacked for objecting to an Acknowledgement of Country never completed mandatory racism modules for the council because he was on leave playing golf at the time.

Shaun Turner was dismissed by the Darebin City Council in Melbourne’s inner north after he questioned why the ceremony was being performed at his weekly meeting.

The Fair Work Commission’s Deputy President Richard Clancy found Mr Turner’s statements were not delivered in the manner or tone alleged by the council.

The decision from Mr Clancy, included yet another alarming detail.

More details in the link below.

Albo grilled over Australia’s defence spending

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been grilled by reporters after the White House reiterated calls for Australia to increase its military spending.

The Trump administration has pushed for Australia to increase its defence budget to three per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

It comes after NATO members committed to spending 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence.

‘We have increased our defence investment,’ Albanese told reporters in Sydney on Friday.

‘We’ve increased it by $57 billion over the medium term and by more than $10 billion in the short term, as well.’

Albanese was repeatedly asked if he was concerned that Australia could be threatened with tariffs by the US after his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez opted out of the Nato defence spending pledge.

‘I’m not going to comment on things between Spain and the United States,’ he said.

‘What my job is to look after Australia’s national interest, that includes our defence and security interests and that’s precisely what we are doing.’

Convenience store worker slashed with broken glass after alleged robbery

A man has been charged after an employee was allegedly slashed with broken glass at a convenience store in Adelaide’s CBD.

Police were called to Wright St just before 8.30pm on Thursday after reports of a man allegedly stealing items from a convenience store before leaving.

Police allege the man returned a short time later, where he broke a window and assaulted a staff member with broken glass.

Officers arrested the man on nearby West Terrace a short time later.

The Yalata man, 25, was charged with aggravated assault, theft, and property damage.

He was bailed and will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in August.

The convenience store employee suffered a laceration to their hand but didn’t need medical attention.

Stranded cruise passengers and crew rescued off Australian coast

Ten passengers and eight crew members from a luxury cruise have been rescued from a remote uninhabited island off the Australian mainland.

Earlier, 60 other passengers made it to safety after they were forced to abandon zodiac boats grounded off Adele Island about 100 kilometres north of the West Australian mainland.

The passengers and guides from Silversea’s Silver Cloud ship were taking part in an expedition tour near the island on Thursday when a fast moving tide caught the group by surprise.

They were stranded in knee-deep water about four nautical miles from the ship.

About 70 passengers and 10 guides were forced to wade 500 metres through a coral reef to deeper water where they were met by a flotilla of zodiac vessels sent from the ship to rescue them.

By sunset, most had been rescued and returned to the Silver Cloud where some were treated for minor cuts and abrasions.

The remaining passengers and crew were stranded in darkness for more than four hours while their zodiac vessels were unable to cross an exposed reef until the tide turned about 10pm.

The Silver Cloud has set sail for Talbot Bay to continue its 12 day cruise of the Kimberley region.

Policeman shot dead while on duty to be farewelled today

An experienced police officer shot dead at work will be farewelled by loved ones and colleagues at a private funeral and guard of honour.

Tasmania Police Constable Keith Anthony Smith, 57, died on June 16 when he approached a property in rural Tasmania to deliver a court-ordered home repossession warrant.

It was first fatal shooting of an officer in Tasmania in more than a century.

A 46-year-old North Motton man has been charged with murder, attempted murder and aggravated assault.

Family, friends, colleagues and other invited guests will mourn Constable Smith at a private funeral in Devonport on Friday.

It will be followed by a guard of honour and funeral procession through Devonport and Ulverstone, with members of the public who wish to pay tribute to him encouraged to attend.

Wild house party ends in stabbing death in Brisbane

A boy, 15, has been charged with murder after a man was allegedly stabbed to death at a house party in an affluent Brisbane suburb.

Police were called to Oriel Road in Clayfield, about 8.15pm on Thursday, where a man, 58, was found unresponsive upstairs in a three-storey home following an alleged altercation.

‘There was some sort of altercation that resulted in this 58-year-old male tragically, losing his life,’ Acting Assistant Commissioner Rhys Wildman said.

A Clayfield teen was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with murder.

He will appear in Brisbane Children’s Court on Friday.



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