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Megan PalinSenior Journalist

Megan Palin is an award-winning Australian journalist and US Correspondent based in New York. She has covered stories ranging from the 2020 US presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic to the Harvey Weinstein trial and the Lindt Cafe siege Inquest. Megan was highly commended as Journalist of the Year at the national Mumbrella Publish Awards for leading investigations into Australian Federal Police suicides; human trafficking in the US; and for an expose on a serial rapist. She also won a News Feature Writer of the Year award and was a national finalist for Outstanding News reporting.

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‘Fun’ things to do with your body when you die

THE answer to the question “what happens to us when we die” is getting more unusual with plenty of new ways to be remembered.

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This handout photo released by the Australian Federal Police on February 6, 2017 shows a policeman guarding a yacht from which cocaine was seized on the New South Wales coast by the Australian Federal Police. Australia has made its largest cocaine haul ever after seizing a yacht carrying 1.4 tonnes of the drug with an estimated street value of Aus$312 million (US$239 million). The boat was stopped off the New South Wales coast on February 2 and six men were arrested, police said on February 6, following a two-and-a-half year joint investigation between Australia and New Zealand. / AFP PHOTO / Australian Federal Police / STR / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES

Cop’s open letter: ‘I almost lost my life’

A FORMER AFP agent has written an open letter about how the murders he responded to were less horrific than the way he was treated by bosses.

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Crash pilot’s previous close call

THE pilot of the plane which crashed into a shopping outlet was being investigated over a near midair collision less than two years ago.

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Rich abduct poor children for sex

THE “dancing boys” are pulled from the streets, dressed as girls and forced to dance for rich men. But that’s not even the worst of it.

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ABC responds to calls to sack Yassmin

THOUSANDS of Australians are calling for an ABC presenter to be sacked over “pro sharia law” comments broadcast on the network’s Q & A program.

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Australian Federal Police guard pseudo-ephedrine on a display table during a press conference at the Australian Federal Police headquarters in Melbourne, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. A joint law enforcement operation has lead to the charging of five men and the seizure of up to 300 kg of pseudo-ephedrine hidden in a washing powder shipment. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING

‘Saw a man tear his skin apart’

IT’S a coveted role in one of Australia’s most secretive organisations, but agents are exposed to horrific things.

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Mat McLachlan Battlefield Tours to pay homage to Darwin bombing with 75th anniversary tour in 2017. Picture: Supplied

‘More savage than Pearl Harbor’

IT’S been 75 years since 188 Japanese planes bombed Darwin in the first of almost 100 air raids, drawing the top end of Australia into World War II.

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Kim Jong-nam’s final moments

A SHOCKING photo has emerged of Kim Jong-nam, who was attacked at an airport with poison, just before he died.

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‘It’s easier to replace the broken ones’

A STAGGERING number of Australian Federal Police agents have told news.com.au harrowing personal stories of life inside the organisation.

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Domestic violence is rife in Australia.

‘He’s always able to hunt me down’

QUEENSLAND police allegedly gave the address of a domestic violence victim to her ex-partner who then threatened to kill her and her children.

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