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Jake McCallum
Jake McCallumEvening Chief of Staff

Jake McCallum is the Evening Chief of Staff for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, and an investigative reporter. He was previously the NSW Hyperlocal Deputy Editor, managing community mastheads across Greater Sydney and NewsLocal’s State Political Editor based in NSW Parliament.

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The mystery of Bradford Pholi’s disappearance

The mystery of Bradford Pholi’s disappearance

IT IS Boxing Day, 1982, a young indigenous boy jumps the back fence of his Dundas Valley home to scurry off to Eastwood station — he is on a mission to borrow money for his mother — minutes later his brother goes after him, but Bradford Pholi is never seen again.

Hornsby
A general view of 22 Bellevue Street in Thornleigh, Sydney, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)

Nurse’s legacy lives

DESCENDANTS of nurse Jane Starkey Dawes may not have been able to save her community hospital from the bulldozer but her name will continue to live.

Hornsby
7/8/18 Ann and Russell Brown are streamwatch volunteers at Larool creek in Thornliegh which they found out was polluted. Picture: Adam Yip / Manly Daily

Streamlining creek problems

STREAMWATCH volunteers Ann and Russell Brown visit Larool Creek at Thornleigh regularly, so when a strange odour and colour started seeping from a drain pipe, they knew what to do.

Hornsby
Ben Seale with Dural residents pictured Tuesday 14th August 2018. Ben is hitting out against a proposal for seniors housing at 3 Quarry Rd and 4 Vineys Rd, Dural.(AAP Image/Sue Graham)

Seniors keep on coming

RESIDENTS are at their wits’ end over a torrent of seniors housing proposals in the rural suburb of Dural and are determined to continue the battle to save it.

Hills Shire
Pictures of traffic on Windsor road at intersection of Windsor rd, Old Northern road and Seven Hills road in Baulkham Hills on Monday the 11th of December, 2017.Hills Council is proposing an orbital link in Kenthurst to rid town centres of congestion.(AAP Image/ Justin Sanson)

‘Our roads are a choke’: Mayor

CONSTANT gridlock in Baulkham Hills town centre has sparked calls for urgent infrastructure upgrades as our population is set to skyrocket. Mayor Michelle Byrne has hit out at the lack of upgrades.

Hills Shire
The mystery of Tim’s disappearance at dawn

The mystery of Tim’s disappearance at dawn

PODCAST EPISODE II: He would have been 26 today. City dweller Tiemuzhen Chalaer’s love of music drew him to an unregistered dance party deep in the bush. But early in the morning, ‘Tim’ left a car packed with his friends, wallet, passport, shoes and socks and headed into the bush — he was never seen again.

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