Coach directors convicted as crash grief laid bare The directors of a bus company at the centre of a deadly crash have been convicted and fined after hearing emotional accounts from several heartbroken victims. AAP · Aug 26
Belt up: seatbelt culture push after wedding bus crash Stricter enforcement on seatbelts and a new database of coach drivers and their complaints are among a suite of recommendations stemming from a tragic crash. AAP · Jul 31
'Risk-taking, drug-affected' bus driver loses appeal A bus crash that killed 10 wedding guests and injured dozens more did not occur by chance, appeal judges said as they stood by the driver's mammoth jail term. AAP · Nov 13, 2025
'Double counting' in 32-year bus sentence for 10 deaths A 32-year jail sentence for a bus driver whose "risk-taking" conduct led to a horror crash that killed 10 wedding guests has been defended in court. AAP · Oct 3, 2025
Bus crash victims' lawsuit may be futile, lawyer says A lawsuit brought by families of victims killed in a bus crash could prove futile because of ongoing insurance payments, an allegedly negligent company claims. AAP · Jul 11, 2025
Driver denies opioid 'influence' on fatal bus trip A man denies being affected by an opioid while driving a bus as he tries to reduce his jail time over a horror crash that killed 10 wedding guests. AAP · Jul 3, 2025
Bus company 'highly likely' to be sued for horror crash The NSW government is likely to join a bus company involved in a crash that killed 10 people to a class action alleging poor road design caused the tragedy. AAP · Oct 25, 2024
Bus crash victims sue state over 'unsafe' interchange Survivors and family of victims of a horror bus crash that killed 10 people are suing a government over alleged failings in the roundabout where it happened. AAP · Sep 11, 2024
Afternoon Update: a contentious Harris v Trump debate; fiery confrontations at weapons expo protest; and Raygun tops world rankings Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have sparred in a contentious US presidential debate The Guardian - AU · Sep 11, 2024
Hunter Valley Bus Driver Sentenced To 32 Years In Jail Over Crash That Killed 10 People "As a consequence of the offender's abandonment of responsibility, 10 innocent lives were lost, nine innocent victims suffered grievous bodily harm and 16 innocent victims suffered bodily injury," Judge Roy Ellis said as he handed down his sentence. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 11, 2024
Three decade sentence for bus driver's 'ultimate sin' Brett Button has been jailed for 32 years after expressing sorrow and shame for causing a bus crash that left 10 dead and 25 injured in the NSW Hunter Valley. AAP · Sep 10, 2024
Bus driver 'ignored' pleas to slow before deadly crash A survivor of a horror Hunter Valley bus crash has likened the driver's bowed head in court to his hands being in his pockets while a passenger bled to death. AAP · Sep 9, 2024
Afternoon Update: report into veteran suicides released; Harris and Trump tied in polls; and a homeless mother shares her story Chair Nick Kaldas says royal commission should be a ‘line in the sand’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2024
Hunter Valley Bus Driver Will Receive Sentence After Three Days Of ‘Unsettling’ Victim Statements Brett Button, the driver of the Hunter Valley bus which crashed and killed 10 people in June last year, will soon receive his sentence. Pedestrian.tv · Sep 9, 2024
AAP · Sep 8, 2024 Bus crash survivor's 'bad feeling' about wife, daughter Injured survivors of a horrific bus crash in the NSW Hunter Valley have described losing their loved ones in court as driver Brett Button awaits his sentence.
AAP · Jun 13, 2024 Opioid-addled bus driver to hear from victims of crash Bus driver Brett Andrew Button has admitted he took more painkillers than doctors suggested and joked with passengers before a horrific wedding crash.
AAP · May 27, 2024 No review of bus-driver plea deal for 'abused' families Families of those killed in the Hunter Valley wedding bus crash should have been consulted after manslaughter charges were dropped, the NSW premier says.
AAP · May 16, 2024 Mum says daughter's body kept on crashed bus for days The mother of Hunter Valley bus crash victim Rebecca Mullen says she has lost faith in justice after a plea deal tore apart any progress the family had made.
The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2024 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
AAP · May 7, 2024 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 · Apr 3, 2024 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.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2024 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
AAP · Mar 12, 2024 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 · Nov 1, 2023 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.
AAP · Oct 18, 2023 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.