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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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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.

Cops slammed for describing AWOL killer as a ‘missing person’

NSW Police have been criticised for describing a killer who escaped from a western NSW facility as a ‘missing person’ and asking the public to help find him. The man is still on the run.

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Sobering stat: Christmas Day rise in domestic violence, study shows

The holiday period may be a time when many celebrate with their loved ones, but new research shows “there are others who aren’t safe in their own home”, says Premier Chris Minns.

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‘Baseless or distorted’: Alan Jones vows to fight 34 indecent assault charges

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones has ignored a crowd of heckling bystanders and declared he will fight the 34 historic indecent assault charges levelled against him, describing them as either “baseless or they distort the truth”.

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FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2014 file photo, hostages run towards armed tactical response police for safety right after the police stormed into a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Two staff members of the Lindt Cafe said in paid interviews broadcast Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015 by Nine Network television that they had armed themselves with box cutters after gunman Man Horan Monis took them and 16 other people hostage in the cafe downtown Sydney. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

The ‘quiet hero’ who sent secret messages to cops during siege

One hostage managed to get secret messages to police as the terror unfolded. He is one of the tragic participants caught in a moment of terror that changed Sydney forever. Here is where the police and hostages are now.

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Daily Telegraph. 03, December, 2024.**Embargoed See DT Pic Desk before use**(Story - Lindt siege anniversary) Gus Dumbrell and Ben Besant, in Surry Hill, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Six words that won’t sink in for hero Lindt cop

The police officers who stormed the Lindt Cafe, ending a 16-hour standoff with a terrorist, have revealed the huge toll it has taken on them as they commemorate a decade on.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - 10.12.24*** WARNING ****** MUST CHECK WOITH PIC EDITOR BEFORE USING ***Former cop and tactical response unit officer, Ben Besant, pictured at Wollongong today. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

The reason 1300 police officers resigned last year

The hero cop who shot dead terrorist Man Haron Monis has spoken out after a decade of silence, and he’s demanding a national inquiry into dealing with the trauma of first responders.

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Daily Telegraph. 13, December, 2024.Artist Anthony Lister at his studio, in Darlinghurst, Sydney, today.Picture: Justin Lloyd.

Artist Anthony Lister speaks out after rape acquittal

International street artist Anthony Lister, who is now working out of a tiny room-turned art studio in Darlinghurst, says “the weight has lifted somewhat” but he remains “in limbo” despite his acquittal.

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‘Tiger, tiger, tiger’: Three words that triggered terrorist’s downfall

Ten years after a lone terrorist pulled a gun in a popular Sydney cafe, two people – a terrified hostage and a hero police officer – reveal the inside story of what happened. Scroll through how the Lindt Cafe siege unfolded.

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Search for a third party: Cops fear for life of murdered woman’s husband

Police believe the husband of the woman whose body was wrapped in plastic and dumped in a Sydney park has also been killed.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos.November 22, 2024.New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits the Emanuel Synagogue in Woollahra and is met with members of the Jewish community after anti-Israel graffiti was sprayed across building and cars in recent days. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

‘Urgent changes’: Minns vows to protect synagogues from terror

The Premier has pledged to toughen up laws around protests outside religious buildings, in the wake of demonstrators outside the Great Synagogue of Sydney last week and Friday’s firebomb attack in Melbourne.

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