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Mitchell Van Homrigh is a reporter and producer for The Daily Telegraph. He has previously worked in radio and television in Queensland before joining the Telegraph in 2019. In that time he has worked as a breaking news reporter, general reporter and night chief of staff. He has extensively covered the state’s worst drought in living memory, the black summer bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 17, 2021: Graffiti over a mural of RFS hero Shane Fitzsimmons at Erskineville train station in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

‘Disgrace’: Fireys’ mural hit by vandals again

Vandals have once again targeted a mural dedicated to bushfire volunteers in an act that has been slammed as “disrespectful”.

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Screams of horror in funeral body blunder

A funeral director has choked back tears while apologising for a mistaken body mix-up at an open-coffin service in Sydney’s west.

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An child is fighting for his life after coming off an inner city apartment roof. , , , , Police are investigating whether the boy was critically injured because of misadventure or other means. , , , , Emergency workers covered Botany Rd, Alexandria on Tuesday afternoon around 4pm., , , , The child was treated on the side of the road before being taken to the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick in a critical but stable condition. He has a suspected broken leg and internal injuries. Picture MITCHELL VAN HOMRIGH, ,

Boy ‘lucky to be alive’ after five-storey fall

An 11-year-old boy is “sore and sorry” but “lucky to be alive” after he fell from the rooftop garden of a five-storey apartment building in Sydney’s southeast, police have said.

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Alleged parliament rape victim welcomes investigation

Former Liberal party staffer Brittany Higgins says the case of her alleged rape needs to be a catalyst for change in Parliament House.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2004 : Melissa Caddick, managing director & financial planner who's first investment experience was saving plan when she started work, outside her Paddington terrace home in Sydney, 26/02/04. Pic Andy Baker.P/

More victims ‘duped of millions’ by missing Melissa

Missing woman Melissa Caddick allegedly fleeced at least 20 investors who have come forward to complain they were duped of millions, according to ASIC.

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Still images obtained on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, shows ASICS raid on Melissa Caddick. Picture: NSW Police, Source: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/91AnxTqbpJ

‘Time to come home’: Caddick not acting alone says top cop

After eluding police for 14 weeks, NSW’s top cop says Melissa Caddick would not be acting alone and that ‘it’s time to come home’.

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Omar Elomar, 18, was shot dead in a park at Miller last night. Source - https://www.facebook.com/shazza.elomar/photos

Cars key to teen’s shooting death: Cops

Police believe several vehicles hold clues into the fatal shooting of a terrorist’s teenage relative who died while sitting in his car.

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Lord Howe survives tsunami scare

A 7.7 earthquake near New Caledonia prompted a tsunami warning for Lord Howe Island with residents urged to avoid the water.

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Sydney rapper begs fans: ‘Help free my uncle in Myanmar’

A Sydney rapper whose uncle has been detained in the military coup in Myanmar has asked his 270,000 fans to help demand his immediate release.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Derek Pyrah Iraq vet refused medical subsidy for cannabis. Derek Pyrah with his girlfriend on NSW’s south coast.

Push to use cannabis as veteran PTSD treatment

If Iraq war veteran Derek Pyrah had of lied to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs he would be able to receive subsidies for medical cannabis medication to help with his PTSD.

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