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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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Australian Services Union Secretary Angus McFarland says there are too many NDIS rorts and workers being ripped off. Pictures: Supplied

Dodgy NDIS providers ‘rip off’ workers, pocket $9 an hour: Union

Frontline NDIS workers will protest in Sydney to put companies who underpay workers and keep the difference under the microscope as their union heads to Fair Work to ban the practice.

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‘Soft justice’: Court slammed for quick release of mentally ill killers

Secretive decisions that see killers and other offenders released from mental health facilities in times that dwarf traditional jail terms slammed, as victims’ families are gagged and kept in the dark.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPH 13TH AUGUST 2024Pictured in the Blacktown area in Western Sydney are members of the Blacktown Police Domestic Violence Unit Constable John Trinnie and Senior Constable Asante Decena conducting an arrest after the perpetrator breached an AVO placed on him after many reports against him of domestic violence and AVO breaches.Picture: Richard Dobson

Coward patrol: The elite squad hunting violent thugs at home

An elite team of specialist police officers at Blacktown is making a dent in the scourge of domestic violence. Cydonee Mardon spent a day with the team, and found officers were not always well received — by the accused or their victims.

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Copy pics of 3 year old William Tyrrell who has been missing from a Kendall home since 10:30 Friday morning. Pic Police Media

William Tyrrell’s abductor could be ‘laughing they got away with it’

A woman behind the very public campaign to find William Tyrrel is worried the three-year-old’s abductor is out there somewhere, laughing at the fact they got away with it, while the coronial inquest saga drags on.

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15-year-old NDIS participant Hamish Lilley at his Paddington home, Thursday, August 8, 2024 - Picture: Richard Walker

Teen’s support ripped away due to ‘discriminatory approach’

A teenager with a degenerative neurological disease is unable to get a new pair of AFO leg braces he needs to walk under NDIS. His father says his daily existence is “compromised”.

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Isaac Lee and his mega impressive surgery

Saving Issac: The miracle surgery that found a window into 8yo’s brain

Brave eight-year-old Issac Lee has just had his third major brain surgery. This time, a specialist team at Sydney Children’s Hospital has found a less invasive, cutting-edge way to access the base of his skull to remove his tumour. Follow his incredible journey.

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