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Cydonee Mardon has more than 20 years experience as a journalist, specialising in crime reporting. She has also worked as a sub-editor and covered court, health, politics and general news on country, suburban and regional newspapers and wire services. The highlight of her career so far remains her current job and covering the four-month trial of backpacker serial killer Ivan Milat in 1996.

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‘The right path’: Aussie mum of six on her journey to Dr Teo

An Australian mum of six with a deadly brain tumour has ignored critics and followed her gut, travelling to China for surgery with “banished” neurosurgeon Charlie Teo.

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pictured is rocky elsom, former rugby player

Fresh evidence that could clear football legend’s name

Four months after being convicted by a French court, former Wallabies captain Rocky Elsom claims new financial documents could help prove he is not guilty.

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Eve Daher the nine year old from Sydney who is one of Australia's longest surviving Dipg sufferers (Dipg is a brain cancer). , , Eve Daher has helped lobbied the federal government for funding to help find treatment and a cure for Dipg . She is pictured (left) with her mum Angie. Picture: Supplied,

A hero’s mission to save children trapped in their own bodies

Professor Matt Dun lost his daughter to deadly DIPG. With the help of another brave little girl, he has received critical funds for his research into better treatments — and maybe, one day, a cure.

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Andrew Kirby, the man whose racist violent rampage through Melbourne’s streets that inspired the hit film Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe,warns the gutless criminals creating havoc across Sydney will be haunted by their shameless acts for the rest of their lives.

Real Romper Stomper slams racist attacks

The reformed Neo Nazi who inspired the hit film Romper Stomper, Andrew Kirby, says gutless criminals behind a surge of anti-Semitic acts in Sydney will be haunted for the rest of their lives for spruiking hate.

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**WEEKEND TELEGRAPH** Josh and Hannah Giddey . Picture: Supplied

How Josh Giddey’s sister helped NBA star bounce back

Hannah Giddey always had young brother Josh’s back during his dramatic rise to NBA superstardom, even when the fruits of that fame soured. Now, she’s a star on the court in her own right and Josh is her biggest fan.

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NSW Police arrest a second man over an alleged attempt to set a Newtown synagogue alight on January 11, 2025. Picture: NSW Police

Police charge second man over Newtown Synagogue attack

The state’s top terrorism cop has issued a stern warning after police charged a second man in relation to the alleged attempt to set a Newtown Synagogue alight earlier this month.

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‘I was just another $25k’: Victims of school bullies speak out

Eight girls from Sydney’s Santa Sabina College tell of crying in the toilets, having lockers raided by other students, belongings scattered around the grounds in a culture of “bully or be bullied”.

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First responders are heroes and we betray them: Abbott

Former PM Tony Abbott says our first responder heroes cop ‘endless critical scrutiny’ from people who ‘don’t understand what happens in the fog of action’.

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Michael Aller stabbed his girlfriend Amy Aiton to death on the Central Coast in 2012 - the last in a long line of violent acts against the women in his life. He has absconded from a facility in Orange and is on the run, sending his victims' family into a state of terror. Pic Supplied by NSW Police.

Killer found after two days on the run

A killer who escaped from a western NSW health facility two days ago has been found.

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***Embargo for the Sunday Tele 29 december***Kathleen Folbigg getting ready to celebrate Christmas with her friends at her friends home in Charlestown. Photographer: Adam yip

Torment that will haunt Kathleen Folbigg to her grave

Kathleen Folbigg, who was wrongfully convicted of killing her four children, is preparing to celebrate Christmas with her friends and look to the future but there is one secret that still haunts her.

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