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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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5 JULY 2021 SYDNEY AU WWW.MATRIXPICTURES.COM.AU EXCLUSIVE Natalie Portman and husband Benjamin Millepied along with their children pictured heading out on a boat trip on Sydneys Pittwater with Sacha Baron Cohen and friends. Note: All editorial images subject to the following: For editorial use only. Additional clearance required for commercial, wireless, internet or promotional use.Images may not be altered or modified. Matrix Media Group makes no representations or warranties regarding names, trademarks or logos appearing in the images.

No Covid breach for Cohen, Portman

Police say Hollywood celebrities Sacha Baron Cohen and Natalie Portman did not breach health orders despite taking a four-hour boat ride while Sydney-wide restrictions were in place.

Liam Mendes

ExclusiveNation

Hunt orders review into risky Wuhan research

The CSIRO and several Australian universities have engaged in at least 10 joint projects with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the past decade.

Sharri Markson and Liam Mendes

ExclusivePolitics

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Chinese held talks on bio-weapon benefits

Chinese military scientists discussed the psychological damage of bio-weapons on foreign troops and the low cost of bio attacks.

Liam Mendes, Sharri Markson and JACK HAZLEWOOD

Science

This aerial view shows the P4 laboratory (C) on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on May 13, 2020. - Opened in 2018, the P4 lab, which is part of the greater Wuhan Institute of Virology and conducts research on the world's most dangerous diseases, has been accused by top US officials of being the source of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

Scientists ask for Wuhan records

China should allow investigators to conduct confidential interviews with Wuhan Institute of Virology scientists and to obtain laboratory records and biological samples, scientists say.

Liam Mendes

ExclusiveNation

David Jones AW'19 Launch at MONA. Ambassador Gemma Ward at The Void. Picture: David Caird

Model gets AVO against partner

Gemma Ward has been granted an apprehended violence order against her long-time partner after he pleaded guilty to assault.

Liam Mendes

exclusiveHorse Racing

28/01/2021: Robbie Waterhouse in Sydney following revelations that he is facing charges due to him using illegal inducements and incentives. PIC: Liam Mendes

Top bookie accused of illicit perks

Robbie Waterhouse to front court as wagering authority cracks down on illegal promotions.

Liam Mendes

‘impersonal and unconscionable’Nation

Roanld / Ron Ward and Claire Ward. Claire Ward and her son James are worried about her father/grandfather who has been left homeless in the UK after selling his house to fly to Australia. She has purchased a unit for him but his Visa has been cancelled and he is stranded in London waiting to come to Sydney Supplied 11.10.2020

Grandad stranded after Home Affairs denies him entry

An 86-year-old grandfather was denied entry to Australia after he obtained a visa and sold his house in Britain to move to Sydney to be with his daughter and grandson.

Liam Mendes

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