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Hedley ThomasNational Chief Correspondent

Hedley Thomas is The Australian’s national chief correspondent, specialising in investigative reporting with an interest in legal issues, the judiciary, corruption and politics. He has won eight Walkley awards including two Gold Walkleys; the first in 2007 for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef, and the second in 2018 for his podcast, The Teacher’s Pet, investigating the 1982 murder of Sydney mother Lynette Dawson. You can contact Hedley confidentially at thomash@theaustralian.com.au

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Shandee's Story: The key people involved

Shandee’s Story: The people involved

The murder of Shandee Blackburn in 2013 has appalled the community of Mackay for eight years. Her family wants justice. Here are the key people involved in the case.

Hedley Thomas and Isaac Irons

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Palaszczuk should be outraged. Why is she silent?

Serious errors by a Queensland government-run lab have denied murder victim Shandee Blackburn her right to justice.

Hedley Thomas

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Shandee’s Story: Timeline of events

A look at the key events in the life and case of Shandee Blackburn.

Hedley Thomas and Isaac Irons

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Grantham where many people are believed to have lost their lives. Bridge choked with mangled cars and debris. Queensland. Floods. Flooding.

How we exposed a damning cover-up

Most of us from Southeast Queensland have a memory about the first realisation that January 2011 would be a shocker.

Hedley Thomas

THE NIGHT DRIVERNation

$1 Million Reward .. Police supplied copy photo of 31 year old Janine Vaughan who went missing from Bathurst on Friday 7 December 2001. Detectives from the Homicide Squad’s Unsolved Homicide Unit established Strike Force Toko II in 2013 to re-investigate Ms Vaughan’s suspicious disappearance and suspected murder. As their inquiries continue, a $1 million NSW Government Reward will be announced for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. Supplied by NSW Police

Predator’s victims tell of terror

For years this woman’s disappearance baffled police. But now a journalistic investigation has cracked the rape case wide open.

Hedley Thomas

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Undated copy pic of Bathurst woman Janine Vaughan (31) who was last seen getting into a car in the early hours of 07/12/2001.

Ex-cop still haunted by ‘blood-curdling screams’

A retired police inspector has spoken publicly for the first time about the screams he heard after Janine Vaughan disappeared.

Steve Jackson and Hedley Thomas

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(ALL PUBS) NIGHT-DRIVER: Janine VaughanÃs siblings Adam Vaughan and Kylie Spelde pictured at her last know location in Bathurst, NSW, Friday, 7 August, 2020. In 2001 Janine Vaughan disappeared, believed to have been murdered, after leaving the Metro nightclub in the NSW town of Bathurst. She was last seen getting into a small red car outside the club at 2am. Picture: Nikki Short

‘Am I a lunatic for doing this?’

The Night Driver podcast series has thrown up invaluable new information. How close are police to solving the case of Janine Vaughan?

STEVE JACKSON and Hedley Thomas

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Bathurst Mayor Bobby Bourke in Machattie Park near where missing woman Janine Vaughan was last seen. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

‘The town closed ranks against us’

When John Tate first arrived in Bathurst tasked with solving the scandal-riddled mystery surrounding Janine Vaughan, he found the most perplexing part was that no one would talk to him.

Steve Jackson and Hedley Thomas

The Night Driver podcastNation

Radio Broadcaster for Bathurst 2GB Janeen Hosemans is ex policeman and Deputy Mayor Brad Hosemans sister. Brad Hosemans has been a person of interest in the Janine Vaughan case after she disappeared in 2001 and has not been seen since. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

‘I can’t put murderer and Brad in the same sentence’

Janeen Hosemans is used to delivering bad news — from fatal bushfires to devastating floods and everything in between.

Steve Jackson and Hedley Thomas

The Night Driver PodcastNation

The Oxford Tavern in Bathurst where missing woman Janine Vaughan was headed to before she was abducted, Jane Dempster/The Australian.

‘The murderer is probably a person I know’

Phil Evans is still consumed with guilt over his failed relationship with Janine Vaughan

Steve Jackson and Hedley Thomas

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