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Natalie O’Brien is a multi-award winning career journalist who has worked around Australia covering some of the country’s biggest stories from government coverups to sex trafficking, immigration, the environment, police, courts and crime. She was the first Investigations Editor appointed on The Australian Newspaper and was awarded a highly commended award in the Walkley Awards for her story Children Overboard Didn’t Happen. Contact her on natalie.obrien@news.com.au

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Aussie bikie kingpin’s other mystery wife and new life

Bikie kingpin Mark Buddle has ‘tied the knot’ with another woman in Cyprus, after his long term partner revealed her despair at his arrest.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

PM in the dark on Buddle deportation

Bikie boss Mark Buddle has appeared in a Turkish court and will likely be deported by this weekend- but Anthony Albanese says he knows nothing about the matter.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Revealed: Top secret mission to extract Comanchero kingpin

The raid of Mark Buddle’s Northern Cyprus hideout was so covert no-one has yet seen him and Australian authorities who want to bring the bikie kingpin back are now faced with a complex legal and political problem.

Police & Courts

‘Trying to stay positive’: Mark Buddle’s wife breaks silence

Comanchero bikie Mark Buddle’s wife Mel Ter Wisscha doesn’t want anyone to be fooled by her posing in hot pink bikini as her husband awaits his fate in a Turkish prison. She says she is devastated.

Crime in Focus

Federal and state cops clash over mafia secrecy

It was the announcement that sent shockwaves across the country – the AFP had allegedly uncovered 14 mafia families in Australia. So why didn’t they tell their state counterparts?

Crime in Focus

At approximately 21:10 Emergency services were called to the Australian Federal Police Headquarters at Goulburn St Sydney allegedly for reports of a gas alarm being activated.Fire Rescue NSW responded their hazmat appliances, upon arrival firefighters donned protective suits and breathing apparatus to investigate. It is unknown if firefighters found any suspicious but it is believed that they ventilated some sort of storeroom and declared the building safe shortly after 00:30. During the investigation NSW Ambulance Paramedics, Australian Federal Police and NSW Police were in attendance.Picture: Damian Hoffman

Explosive AFP claims spark urgent plea

Calls are mounting for the urgent establishment of a Federal ICAC with power to investigate law enforcement officials following damning claims about the AFP.

National

Fake notes on rise: How to spot a counterfeit

Australia’s $100 bill is the most faked cash denomination and has been found circulating in most capital cities. But the counterfeiter – believed to be a solo operator – continues to escape detection. HOW TO SPOT A FAKE.

Crime in Focus

‘Cowboy central’: AFP corrupt cops exposed

Former agents likened it to “cowboy central” – an era when corruption was rife among some members of the AFP, while those who spoke out were targeted.

True Crime

27-06-22 - Australian Border Force at Port Botany. Senior Border Force officer Daniel with a shipping container. Picture Ryan Osland

Cocaine, cash: 100 bikies on police ports watchlist

More than 100 people with suspected links to outlaw motorcycle gangs are being investigated for infiltrating Australia’s ports for drug trafficking. See how they do it.

National

Maleny Film Society will screen The Imitation Game at the Community Centre.

Australian spy agency seeking new recruits

Australia’s secret intelligence agency is seeking recruits to boost its ranks with the next generation of spies, and code breaking isn’t the only skill ASIO is looking for. So, do you have what it takes?

Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/natalie-obrien/page/19