The Latest Breaking News from Brett Button

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 · Jun 13, 2024

What bus crash victims' families can expect to hear next

The next step in the case will include dozens of victim impact statements.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 9, 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 27, 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

The Guardian - AU · May 8, 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 · May 7, 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.

AAP · Apr 3, 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

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 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 · Mar 12, 2024

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

These are the biggest court cases and investigations of 2024.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 10, 2024

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 · Nov 1, 2023