Liam Mendes

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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Walker inquestNation

25-02-2024 - Former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe and his girlfriend arrive in Alice Springs on Sunday evening ahead of giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Rolfe lands, ready for a grilling at Walker inquest

Former police officer Zachary Rolfe, expected to be the final witness at the Kumanjayi Walker inquest, landed in Alice Springs on Sunday with one of Australia’s most experienced barristers.

Liam Mendes and Paige Taylor

exclusiveNation

Screen shots from Instagram of Beau Lamarre with celebrities. Picture: Supplied

Chutzpah of a celebrity-obsessed selfie-seeker

Beau Lamarre-Condon was celebrity-obsessed and gossip-driven but he made headlines after being charged with the murders of former partner Jesse Baird and his ex’s new boyfriend, Luke Davies.

Liam Mendes

COUPLE KILLEDNation

NSW Police divers search a waterway in Lambton, Newcastle.(ABC News)

Evidence search in Newcastle as police try to locate bodies

Detectives are scouring locations in NSW as friends pay tribute to Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, allegedly killed by celebrity-fanatic-turned-cop Beau Lamarre-Condon.

Liam Mendes, Joanna Panagopoulos, Ellie Dudley and Greg Bearup

Developing storyNation

Constable Beau Lamarre-Condon has been charged with murder.

White van seized in search for murdered couple

Police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon has been formally charged with the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies as a widespread search for two bodies continues.

Liam Mendes, Joanna Panagopoulos and Ellie Dudley

behind the uniformNation

The many faces of Beau Lamarre-Condon

As police intensify their search for missing Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, focus has turned to the controversial cop who has history with one of the men.

Liam Mendes and Joanna Panagopoulos

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

21-02-2024 - Federal Senator Marion Scrymgour in Alice Springs on Wednesday. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

‘Stop treating child criminals like little angels’

Youth justice laws need to stop treating criminal minors as ‘little angels’ and start applying ‘tough love” to lawless children, says federal Labor MP Marion Scrymgour.

Liam Mendes

Rich PickingsNation

Property empire of woman at centre of China poisoning

Jasmine Sun and Ringo Xie have been buying and selling property for at least a decade, and they now have a multimillion-dollar portfolio | PICTURES

Liam Mendes and Joanna Panagopoulos

exclusiveNation

20-02-2024 - William (pseudonym), the 12-year-old boy at the wheel of an allegedly stolen car in Alice Springs and his auntie. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Age 12 and stuck on a turnstile of crime

William wants to be a police officer when he grows up. But for the past two years, the 12-year-old has been on the wrong side of the law.

Liam Mendes

Nation’s heart is breaking … againNation

Tiny menaces, helpless police and no solution

It’s 8pm in Alice Springs and a group of children are about to steal a car and lead police on a dangerous chase. After being caught they are immediately returned to a ‘responsible adult’, only to continue to reoffend.

Liam Mendes

EXCLUSIVENation

**portrait for Power 100.**Sony Music Boss Denis Handlin, at Sony Music, Sydney, today.Picture:Justin Lloyd

Axed Sony boss, family target of harassment, abusive calls

Denis Handlin was subjected to a torrent of abuse for ‘what you did to those Sony people’, resulting in police charging a family associate with harassment offences.

Joanna Panagopoulos and Liam Mendes

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