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Liam is a journalist with the NSW bureau of The Australian. He started his journalism career as a photographer before freelancing for the NZ Herald, news.com.au and the Daily Telegraph. Liam was News Corp Australia’s Young Journalist of the Year in 2022 and was awarded a Kennedy Award for coverage of the NSW floods. He has also previously worked as a producer for Channel Seven’s investigative journalism program 7News Spotlight. He can be contacted at MendesL@theaustralian.com.au or Liam.Mendes@protonmail.com.

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NT Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 43-year-old woman in Magdelene Ct, Malak, on Wednesday August 21. Picture: Jason Walls

Woman’s alleged killer had 20-year ban on contacting her

A Darwin woman was found allegedly murdered by her partner — a man known to authorities for domestic violence — after police were ‘too busy’ to do a welfare check on her.

Liam Mendes

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Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro holds a press conference at the Parliament, Darwin. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Finocchiaro keeps her focus on crime

NT Chief Minister-elect Lia Finocchiaro has doubled down on her promise to clamp down on crime as Labor struggles to understand what went wrong in Saturday’s disastrous election.

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ALICE SPRINGS, 25TH AUGUST - Video footage showing Alice Springs youth on Sunday night. Picture: Supplied

Alice Springs’ ‘weekend of carnage’ in election aftermath

The change in Territory government did nothing to stop rogue youths in Alice Springs leaving locals fearing for their lives, with dozens of vehicles smashed, businesses ransacked and weapons brandished during a dispute at a community footy game.

Liam Mendes

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 25, 2024: 25-08-2024 - NT chief minister elect Lia Finocchiaro meets NT police commissioner Michael Murphy and Ken Davies, CEO of the Department of Chief Minister, at the NT parliament on Sunday. Picture: NewsWire / Liam Mendes / Pool

Punch-drunk Labor faces rebuild

A shell-shocked Northern Territory Labor Party was on Sunday beginning to consider the reality of a two-term rebuild after losing 10 of its 14 seats at Saturday’s election.

Liam Mendes and Paige Taylor

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**Fee Applies **One time use** Mut credit NV**, , AROUND 9:15 AM THIS MORNING, EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONDED TO A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON THE PRINCESS HIGHWAY AT ENGADINE. ON ARRIVAL, MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE IN VEHICLES AND HAD SUSTAINED STAB WOUNDS FROM AN OFFENDER. A POLICE OFFICER WAS ALSO STABBED. MULTIPLE PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO ST GEORGE'S HOSPITAL WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF AEROMEDICAL TEAMS. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.

‘I see him just slashing her’: Four injured in stabbing frenzy

Witnesses including Cronulla Sharks chairman Steve Mace have described the moment a man T-boned a car in Sydney’s south and then allegedly turned on his female passenger, as heroic onlookers tried to intervene.

Joanna Panagopoulos and Liam Mendes

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25-08-2024 - NT chief minister elect Lia Finocchiaro on Sunday after meeting with NT police commissioner Michael Murphy and Ken Davies, CEO of the Department of Chief Minister. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Finocchiaro edict: new chief minister lays down the law

Lia Finocchiaro immediately marshalled crime-fighting resources to deal with the Top End’s law and order crisis as she said her party’s victory could be a template for conservative oppositions across the nation.

Liam Mendes, Paige Taylor and Greg Brown

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25-08-2024 - NT chief minister elect Lia Finocchiaro meets NT police commissioner Michael Murphy and Ken Davies, CEO of the Department of Chief Minister, at the NT parliament on Sunday. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian / Pool

New NT chief minister to ‘reset the law and order agenda’

Lia Finocchiaro has met with police commissioner and CEO of the Department of Chief Minister one day after a landslide election victory, outlining her priorities.

Liam Mendes and Ben Packham

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Lia Finocchario gives her victory speech at the Country Liberal Party election function after winning the NT elections.Picture: Liam Mendes

New NT leader vows to ‘back in police’ amid crime crackdown

Chief minister elect Lia Finocchiaro has emphatically declared law and order her ‘number one priority’ after the Country Liberal Party’s historic win in the NT election.

Liam Mendes and Paige Taylor

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‘Sad night for Labor’: Lawler concedes to Country Liberals

Chief Minister Eva Lawler has conceded defeat at Labor’s headquarters in Darwin, marking the end of her nine-month tenure as the leader of the Northern Territory government.

Mohammad Alfares and Liam Mendes

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Darwin. Eva Lawler and Lia Finocchario. Photo LIma Mendes.

It’s a crime: Lawler blames feds for lost voice as voters prepare to vote

Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler has blamed the failure of the voice referendum on the Albanese government, as one critical topic sits at the top of voters’ minds in the lead-up to Saturday’s Territory election: crime.

Liam Mendes

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