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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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‘Five times higher risk’: Australia’s sex assault victims revealed

Shocking data has revealed who Australia’s sex assault victims are and how there is a disturbing pattern that follows them into adulthood.

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Aussie ‘killers’ to walk free thanks to backlog

Grief-stricken families of homicide victims across Australia are enduring waits of up to two years as accused killers could walk free.

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Caught in the act: Illegal tobacco crime syndicates smashed

Illegal loose leaf tobacco farms in Australia and global smuggling shipments have been stopped, seizing and destroying 540 million cigarettes.

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Hotel quarantine raid; childlike sex doll busts

A string of people have been arrested after childlike sex dolls, videos and photos of child abuse have been uncovered by Border Force investigators.

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Cops stop Aussie sex tourists, ‘kingpins’ and ‘ringleaders’

Hundreds of Australian paedophiles, some of whom are “kingpins” and “ringleaders” of child sex brothels, have been blocked from leaving the country.

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Vile and deadly: Smugglers’ filthy trade

Many people have been caught red-handed and could face up to a $1 million in fines and jail time for illegally smuggling products. See how your state compares.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - Police officers from Operation Elbrus pictured in Surry Hills today after busting the $165m ATO scam a fortnight ago. L to R, Kristie Cressy, Ron Knighton, Angy Polic and Rod Ramilo.

AFP in tapped criminal phone bungle

Criminal trials around Australia may have been compromised by a secret police problem affecting thousands of wire taps.

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New doco claims Martin Bryant is linked to two more murders

A new doco has claimed Martin Bryant can be linked to two more deaths, as new photos of him and details of his prison life are revealed.

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Undated copy pic of prisoner Bassam Hamzy who has been jailed for 21 years for murder. Hamzy has been moved from Goulburn Jail to Lithgow Jail where he is in isolation because a number of dangerous prisoners in Goulburn Jail had converted to Islam. Picture: Supplied

Shock Sydney Lawyer X claim made in Hamzy case

A court case involving jailed underworld figure Bassam Hamzy has heard Sydney has its own legal scandal involving a Lawyer X.

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BENGALURU, INDIA - MAY 08: A nurse pats the back of Subramanya P, 60, struggling to breathe with the aid of supplemental oxygen provided by an NGO on a pedestrian pavement on May 08, 2021 in Bengaluru, India. India broke a fresh record on Thursday with over 412,000 new cases of Covid-19 as the total number of those infected according to Health Ministry data neared 20 million. The real figure could be up to ten times higher, many health experts say, due to a lack of widespread testing or reporting, and only patients who succumbed in hospitals being counted. Hospitals have begun turning away people suffering from Covid-19, having run out of space for the crushing number of people seeking help. (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

India’s COVID death toll passes tragic milestone

COVID-ravaged India has reached a tragic death toll milestone, as the WHO warns the country’s COVID-19 variant is more contagious and could be dodging vaccine protections.

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