A labour hire company operating on the Coffs Coast is forced to pay a fine after it failed to pay its backpackers.
A 36-year-old who man was hit and dragged under a ute while checking underground fuel levels at a Coffs Harbour service station last week has died in hospital.
Samuel O'Brien is a reporter at ABC Coffs Coast. He joined the ABC in 2024 as a breakfast radio producer and reporter based in Mount Gambier. Samuel previously was a journalist at the Mansfield Courier in Victoria and worked as the Zedlines editor at 4ZZZ Radio in Brisbane.
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