The 75-year-old, diagnosed with motor neurone disease about 12 months ago, ended his life with voluntary assisted dying.

Multiple emergency warnings from NSW SES remain in place between the South Coast and Central Coast, in the aftermath of powerful winds and heavy rain.

A 22-year-old man has been refused bail after allegedly killing an onlooker while performing a burnout near Newcastle at the weekend. 

Dramatic vision showed the moment police arrested one of the alleged "catching crew", cornering him on a suburban street on Thursday morning.

Residents forced to abandon their homes after a landslip in Newcastle in May have been left feeling "helpless" after several unoccupied homes were looted in recent weeks.

Iranians living in Australia have expressed grief, helplessness and guilt about the crisis in their homeland.

A flick through some old magazines took Ross Willis and his daughter through a "time warp" to the days when he was a teen model and suit tailors thrived in Newcastle.