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Megan Palin is an award-winning journalist and US Correspondent based in New York. She has covered stories ranging from US presidential elections and high profile trials, to the coronavirus pandemic and human trafficking. But some of her favourite assignments occurred prior to her move to the Big Apple. They include traipsing through the remote regions of Australia with a prolific UFO hunter as he searched for aliens, and spending time with a nomadic Indigenous tribe in the NT Outback.

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13/06/1997 PIRATE: 13/06/1997 PIRATE: Copy photo of anti-drugs campaigner Donald (Don) Mackay with wife Barbara & children Paul (19), Ruth (16), May (13) & James (3) taken Easter 1977, before he was murdered in 1977. Mack/fam New South Wales (NSW) / Crime / Murder / Victim

Australia’s first political assassination

AUSTRALIA’S first political assassination involved a hitman and the Mafia and ended with an innocent father of three young children dead.

World

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 13, 2014 in Kyoto shows Japanese woman Chisako Kakehi, known as "Black Widow", who is accused of poisoning of four elderly men with cyanide. A Japanese "black widow" accused of multiple murders reportedly gave contradicting statements this week in July 2017 as her trial opened in a case that has gripped the nation. Chisako Kakehi, a 70-years-old said to be in an the early stage of dementia, said she left everything to her lawyers as she went on trial in western Japan's Kyoto in June 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUT

‘Black Widow’ suspected of killing six lovers

JAPAN’S “Black Widow” has been accused of killing six of her lovers. Also known as “the Poison Lady”, she has now confessed to one of the murders.

National

A guided tour of St James Station tunnels under Sydney's CBD.

Rare glimpse inside eerie labyrinth

LOCKED away under the hustle and bustle of Sydney lies an extensive network of non-operational train platforms, tunnels, tracks and subterranean lakes.

World

Photos of Khan Mohammed's body and the contents of his pockets. (ABC)

Troops’ alleged crimes against kids

A SECRET inquiry is examining the conduct of several Aussie troops in relation to the alleged killing of at least two children in Afghanistan.

Real Life

This photo taken on June 9, 2017 shows the inside of Boschpoort Prison, a dome-shaped prison in Breda, which is being transformed into offices and an entertainment venue following a drop in incarcerations in Dutch prisons for the past 20 years. The voices echo under the majestic and luminous dome of the prison of Breda, in the south of the Netherlands. They break the silence in this 130-year-old building, empty of all detainees like dozens of other penitentiary establishments in the country, and now utilized for a completely different use. / AFP PHOTO / EMMANUEL DUNAND

Amazing transformation of empty jails

THE crime rate in The Netherlands has reduced so drastically it has caused the closure of 27 prisons. What’s being done with the empty cells is remarkable.

World

New Zealand weather map. Four days of hell.

‘Four days of hell’ to batter NZ

NEW Zealand is bracing for a brutal school holiday period, as weather experts predict the worst storm of the year.

Animals

This still frame from video provided by KMGH-TV shows a teen staffer at a Colorado camp, who gave only his first name, Dylan, describing how he fought off a bear after waking up to find the animal biting his head and trying to drag him away at the camp near Ward, Colo., Sunday, July 9, 2017. The 19-year-old was awakened around 4 a.m. to a "crunching sound" with his head inside the mouth of the bear, which was trying to pull him out of his sleeping bag as he slept outside at the camp 48 miles (77 kilometers) northwest of Denver. (KMGH-TV via AP)

‘Teeth were scraping against my skull’

A TEENAGER who woke to hear a “crunching sound” before realising his head was inside the mouth of a bear has told of his miraculous escape.

Real Life

(FILES) This file picture taken on April 22, 2008 shows Australian drug smuggler Schapelle Corby during a ceremony inside Kerobokan prison in Denpasar. Australian Schapelle Corby battled a media storm as she returned home from Bali on May 28, 2017, 12 years after her conviction for drug trafficking, in a dramatic end to a saga that captivated her homeland. / AFP PHOTO / SONNY TUMBELAKA

Schapelle’s 40th birthday weekend

SCHAPELLE Corby has a lot of missed birthdays and milestones to make up for as she heads into her 40th birthday weekend.

World

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on July 4, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 5, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) celebrating the successful test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location. South Korea and the United States fired off missiles on July 5 simulating a precision strike against North Korea's leadership, in response to a landmark ICBM test described by Kim Jong-Un as a gift to "American bastards". / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

Australia would join US in war

AUSTRALIA would go to war alongside the US against North Korea if it fires a nuclear warhead at our ally, it has been confirmed.

National

Alleged thieves exposed on Facebook

ALLEGED thieves who wander into shops and stuff goods into their bags are now paying a price much higher than if they purchased the items at checkout.

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