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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos AUGUST, 04, 2020: Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive Dr Teresa Anderson speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Troubled Sydney hospitals to get new CEO

Major changes are afoot for troubled Sydney hospitals boss Teresa Anderson following a series of complaints.

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Sydney hospitals’ shock treatment of patients revealed

Two hospitals have mothballed wards and a massive X-ray backlog and patients who’ve had mastectomies and hysterectomies will be discharged just hours after surgery, a leaked memo shows.

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Aussie execs jail warning over dirty cash deals

The new head of Australia’s financial crimes watchdog has issued a firm warning to high-flying executives as he revealed how he planned to “shut off” serious organised crime and money laundering operations.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Newswire Photos: APRIL 24 2024: Stephen Barrett is seen leaving Federal Court in Sydney after the judgment was handed down for the Costs for the veteran crime journalist who won a long-running and crippling battle to clear his name who is left with nearly $500,000 in legal fees. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

‘Torturous’: Crime reporter fails to win $500,000 payout

A judge has handed down a decision in the case of a veteran journalist who endured a six-year court ordeal after previously being accused of blackmail.

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‘Watch this space’: What dictates nation’s terror threat level

Experts explain how violent attacks, including the church stabbing in Sydney, impact the status of the nation’s terror threat level.

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‘Dangerous, invaluable’: Top Aussie spy on the Petrov affair

ASIO director general Mike Burgess explains why espionage is not “romantic game”, on the 70th anniversary of Russian KGB agents Vladimir and Evdokia Petrov’s defection to Australia.

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Englyn Roberts, a Californian teen who died by suicide, after watching a simulated hanging on Instagram.

‘She died after watching a hanging video on Instagram’

Englyn Roberts was just 14 when she died by suicide after watching an Instagram video. Her tragic case is a wake up call for the US and a lesson for Australia. Warning: Disturbing content

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Businessman Michael Ibrahim (middle), with former Comanchero leader, Mick Hawi (L). Hawi was later shot dead in a gangland hit. Supplied

Photos paint different picture of Aussie tycoon

Behind-the-scenes photos show another side of Aussie businessman Michael Ibrahim’s life – including him posing with a former Comanchero boss who was later killed in a gangland hit.

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MELBOURNE, MARCH 19, 2024: Security Guard Tommy Mitsis from Allied Security patrols the eastern suburban streets of Melbourne. Picture: Mark Stewart

Queensland communities hiring private security amid crime surge

Fed up residents in Queensland are hiring private security to patrol their neighbourhoods as crime spirals.

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Logan Crime Reduction Unit target youth offenders in property crime blitz Picture Queensland Police

School bid to target young offenders

A radical plan will be unveiled in a bid to tackle the youth crime crisis gripping this country, with more than 50,000 youths charged with serious crimes in the past year.

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