You can read more about the story here:<\/p>\n
In their Friday morning statement, police said a Dural property was \u201cbelieved to have been used as a makeshift stronghold by the kidnappers\u201d, and a search warrant was carried out there at 7pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The investigation continues, they said, appealing again for public assistance and telling anyone who \u201cmay have seen or heard anything relating to the kidnapping or witnessed any sort of suspicious activity in the Dural area since last Friday\u201d to contact police.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.17 EST<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n NSW to introduce minimum age to ride an ebike<\/p>\n New South Wales will introduce a minimum age to ride an ebike as part of an effort to improve rider safety, the safety of pedestrians and of the wider community.<\/p>\n The minimum age will be between 12 and 16 and come after an expert review by Transport for NSW. Currently, a child of any age can ride an ebike and riders of any age can carry passengers if the bike\u2019s design allows.<\/p>\n The Minns government said the state would also adopt safety and performance standards similar to those in Europe to ensure ebikes act more like bicycles, an effort to remove \u201chigh-powered illegal motorbikes masquerading as ebikes\u201d from the streets.<\/p>\n Any ebike deemed to be against the law will be phased out over a three-year transition period to recognise they were purchased legally. From 1 March 2029, only ebikes that meet European standards will be road legal in NSW.<\/p>\n Kids on ebikes in Sydney. Photograph: Andrew QuiltyShare<\/a><\/p>\n Good morning! Nick Visser here to take over. Let\u2019s see what Friday has in store.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Dural crime scene a ‘stronghold’ linked to kidnapping of Chris Baghsarian, police say<\/p>\n NSW police said in a statement early this morning that robbery and serious crime squad detectives had \u201clocated a crime scene in Dural believed to be linked to the kidnapping of Chris Baghsarian\u201d.<\/p>\n The 85-year-old was taken from his North Ryde home last Friday morning in what police said was a case of mistaken identity. Det Acting Supt Andrew Marks said on Monday<\/a> that police believed Baghsarian was still alive.<\/p>\n You can read more about the story here:<\/p>\n In their Friday morning statement, police said a Dural property was \u201cbelieved to have been used as a makeshift stronghold by the kidnappers\u201d, and a search warrant was carried out there at 7pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n The investigation continues, they said, appealing again for public assistance and telling anyone who \u201cmay have seen or heard anything relating to the kidnapping or witnessed any sort of suspicious activity in the Dural area since last Friday\u201d to contact police.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.17 EST<\/p>\n Angus Taylor claims Australians \u2018deeply concerned\u2019 about classroom indoctrination<\/p>\n In Angus Taylor\u2019s lengthy interview, Peta Credlin took the new opposition leader to a couple of other culture war issues including school curriculums, where he suggested children shouldn\u2019t be \u201cindoctrinated\u201d in the classroom, and that \u201cAustralians are deeply concerned about it\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markI think our education system, our school system and our tertiary system has been drifting on this over a long period of time \u2026 we do need to give Australians the assurance that their kids are going to be educated, they\u2019re going to be taught about our wonderful nation, warts and all, but they should be celebrating our country as part of their education, and they shouldn\u2019t be receiving indoctrination.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve heard the word indoctrination before \u2013 former Liberal leader Peter Dutton also said kids were being indoctrinated<\/a> but claimed he had \u201cno proposals\u201d to change it.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.16 EST<\/p>\n Get net zero \u2018out of our system\u2019, Taylor says Net zero is still dead, if not more dead under Angus Taylor\u2019s Liberal party.<\/p>\n When Sussan Ley announced the party\u2019s commitment to drop net zero in November, she kept the caveat that net zero would still be a welcome outcome<\/a> if \u201cwe can get there with technology, with choice and with voluntary markets\u201d.<\/p>\n Taylor now wants to abandon net zero terminology as a whole, telling Sky News\u2019 Peta Credlin on Thursday night:<\/p>\n double quotation markI think the starting point is to get that net zero ideology out of our system \u2026 We have uranium, we have coal, we have gas, we do have renewables, of course, in people putting solar cells on their roofs at a rapid pace, it\u2019s the mix that\u2019s going to get us the solution.<\/p>\n The government \u2013 and experts \u2013 have argued that renewables are the cheapest form of electricity<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a015.13 EST<\/p>\n Welcome Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I\u2019m Martin Farrer with the best breaking news stories before Nick Visser takes over.<\/p>\n The biggest story overnight was the arrest<\/a> of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Sandringham estate, on suspicion of misconduct in public office \u2013 you can find our live coverage here<\/a> and we\u2019ll bring you more developments and reactions throughout the day.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, a group of Australian men suspected of being former IS State fighters are among more than 5,000 detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq<\/a>, where they potentially face charges that could carry the death penalty.<\/p>\n And in New South Wales, police said early this morning that they have located a crime scene in Dural as investigations continue into the kidnapping<\/a> of Chris Baghsarian. They will speak to media later this morning \u2013 and we\u2019ll bring you more details soon.<\/p>\n![\"Krishani](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771532529_9_Krishani_Dhanji.png\")
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