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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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Police & Courts

Jayden Jackson was involved in a car accident in Tumbi Umbi on March 10 2019 and is now an incomplete quadriplegic. The driver of the 4WD Kyle Angel is being sentenced.

P-plater spared jail as passenger will never walk again

A promising soccer player who ended up a quadriplegic in a car crash is upset the P-plate driver was not jailed, describing the sentence as a “slap in the face”.

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Aerial view of the Defence Department Buildings (Russell Offices Hill) in Canberra with the Eagel octagonal spire. Supplied by the Defence Department.

‘ASIS the gold standard for mental health cover-ups’

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service has been accused of being the “gold standard” for covering up mental health issues in its ranks.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING - Pictured at home in Oxford Falls today is Bella and Duncan Wakes-Miller, whose son Barney was killed when he was a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Five ideas to stop road killers

After losing their 17-year-old son Barney in a road crash, Duncan and Bella Wakes-Miller are pushing to change road safety laws in a bid to stop other mums and dads from feeling their pain.

NSW

‘Just bone and flesh’: Horrific account of shark attack

A witness to a weekend shark attack has told how she heard the victim’s screams as his doctor wife applied a tourniquet to his severely lacerated arm.

NSW

‘Horrendous’ tragedy: Rogue wave leaves three dead

Three men fishing off a rock platform near Wollongong have died after an enormous wave swept them into rough swell. Just one of them was wearing a life jacket.

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Glenn Kolomeitz ex Red Cross Board Member

‘Culture of cover-ups’ led to military death

A former soldier deployed in East Timor and Afghanistan during his military career suicided last week — as secrecy still surrounds the suicide of another ex-officer at Army HQ.

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Military man suicides at defence HQ car park

A former Army officer working in the Australian Defence Force intelligence unit in Canberra suicided in the car park of the Army headquarters.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Daniel angus (left) wIth his brother Jamie Angus who committed suicide.

Family outrage at ADF suicide ‘cover up’

The brother of a soldier who suicided in 2009 claims the ADF embarked on an orchestrated plan to cover up the truth, and says he is still fighting to have the report into the death made public.

Police & Courts

Teen girl dies, boyfriend injured after being hit by car

A 16-year-old girl has died and her boyfriend was injured after they were hit by a car as they exited their vehicle on the Old Hume Hwy in Mittagong on Friday night.

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Trauma surgeon’s plea: Don’t be soft on road killers

After working frantically for 11 hours to save the life of a teenage victim of a car accident, trauma surgeon Valerie Malka has been joined by other medical experts and road safety campaigners to increase penalties, especially for repeat offenders.

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