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Afternoon Update: US paused weapons shipment to Israel; Hunter Valley bus driver plea deal; and the life expectancy of cats

Senior US official says shipment of bombs was paused last week after review of weapons that might be used in Rafah

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Families 'failed' in deal for bus driver who killed 10

Driver Brett Button has been taken into custody after pleading guilty over a bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley that left 10 people dead and many more injured.

AAP

Bus driver set to plead to charges over fatal crash

Bus driver Brett Button is expected to enter pleas in May to almost 90 charges over a crash which killed 10 people in NSW's Hunter Valley.

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Afternoon Update: Turnbull says Aukus deal ‘mugged by reality’; politicians defend trips to Melbourne during the Cup; and return of the mysterious monolith

Former PM says submarine deal flawed after draft Pentagon budget indicates it will halve the number of submarines built next year

The Guardian - AU

Bus driver accused of causing 10 deaths 'devastated'

Brett Button says he is devastated by the crash that killed 10 wedding guests last year in the NSW Hunter Valley and in which he was the driver.

AAP

The bus crash, a mysterious disappearance and answers in high-profile murder cases

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Newcastle Herald

Police case against fatal bus crash driver finalised

Bus driver Brett Button has received the police brief of evidence against him after a crash in the NSW Hunter that cost 10 people's lives and injured 25.

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Greta bus crash driver 'fears being tracked down'

Brett Button, 59, is on bail facing a total of 63 charges.

Newcastle Herald

Fatal bus crash driver 'fears being tracked down'

A Newcastle magistrate has renewed an order that the address of Brett Button, the bus driver involved in a crash that killed 10 people, not be made public.

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Expert reports coming in Greta bus tragedy case, court told

The matter will be before the court again on November 1, 2023.

Newcastle Herald

Expert evidence being collected in Greta bus crash case

The bus driver was excused from personally appearing in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday.

Newcastle Herald

Greta bus crash driver Brett Button won't appear in court today

The matter had been listed to see if the brief of evidence was complete.

Newcastle Herald

63 counts: prosecutors lay dozens more charges against Greta bus driver

The new charges relate to the injuries suffered by 25 of the surviving passengers.

Newcastle Herald

Prosecutors seek Greta bus driver's medical, employment records

The 58-year-old had been taking dozens of wedding guests from a lush Hunter Valley estate to the groom and bride's hometown of Singleton.

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Teachers raised concerns about bus driver days before Hunter Valley crash

Teachers raised concerns about the driver accused in the Greta bus crash days before the horror wedding night tragedy, it has emerged.

The New Daily

Children orphaned and bright futures lost in wedding bus tragedy

A junior doctor and a husband and wife who leave behind orphaned children are among the victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: bus tragedy victims identified; Gallagher denies misleading parliament; and ‘dead’ woman bangs on coffin at own wake

Bus driver granted bail after magistrate acknowledges ‘suffering’

Newcastle Herald

Bail laws are not about guilt and punishment

The court drew on an important tenet of the Bail Act when releasing Brett Button on Tuesday.

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The Guardian - AU

Hunter Valley wedding bus crash: what we know so far

Bus driver Brett Button was granted bail on Tuesday as police alleged he was driving in a manner ‘inconsistent with the conditions’ near Greta, NSW. Ten people were killed and 14 remain in hospital

The New Daily

Bus driver in fatal crash weeps as he appears in court

The driver of the bus involved in the deadly Hunter Valley wedding crash has wept as he appeared in court on Tuesday.

Newcastle Herald

'He suffers along with the community': Greta crash bus driver granted bail

Brett Button sat with his head bowed, crying in the dock at Cessnock Local Court.

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