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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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FUNERAL FUGITIVENation

A charter aircraft (VH-OAD) that traveled to Lajamanu and returned to Darwin on Wednesday. Photo : Dallas Presser/ Jet Photos

Bailed teen flees after ‘on country’ funeral

A NT teenager accused of a violent assault of a two-month-old baby was granted bail to attend an ‘on country’ funeral on a $7000 taxpayer-funded charter flight – only to flee custody.

Liam Mendes

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The woman who died at Royal Darwin Hospital, with police arresting her partner who was on bail for assault and threatening to kill.

Bailed partner held after NT woman’s death

A man with a ‘massive’ DV history was recently released on bail on multiple charges of domestic violence against his partner, who was found dead on Monday.

Liam Mendes

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29-01-2025 - Whistleblower forensic psychiatrist Dr Jacqueline Rakov and Alliance Against Antisemitism in Healthcare (AAAHC) co-founder Dr Karen Fink in Balaclava, Melbourne on Tuesday. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Doctor’s warning on hate ignored

Weeks after the Hamas massacre, psychiatrist Jackie Rakov sent the government a dossier detailing pro-Hamas sentiment among fellow doctors – and heard nothing back.

Liam Mendes and Alexi Demetriadi

Strike Force PearlNation

NSW government officials are investigating after nurses at Bankstown Hospital, Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh, wearing their NSW Health uniforms were filmed declaring they refuse to treat Israeli people and would

Morphine ‘found in nurse’s locker’ amid anti-Semitic video probe

Police reportedly found the vial in Ahmed ‘Rashid’ Nadir’s locker at Bankstown Hospital, after video emerged of the Sydney nurse and his colleague bragging about killing Israeli patients.

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Police raid home of ‘kill Israelis’ nurse Ahmad Nadir

Investigators have raided the home of Bankstown Hospital nurse Ahmad ‘Rashad’ Nadir, executing search warrants as they weigh up charges over the video in which he and a fellow nurse bragged about killing Israeli patients.

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Police to investigate unedited footage of nurses’ anti-Semitic threats, full patient records

The two nurses accused of threatening to kill Israeli patients at Sydney’s Bankstown Hospital are set to meet with investigators, who will seek to examine the entire video of their sickening conversation with an Israeli influencer before considering if, or what, charges could be laid.

Alexi Demetriadi and Liam Mendes

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Relatives outside the home of Sarah Abu Lebdeh, the female nurse accused of threatening to kill Israeli patients at Bankstown Hospital.

Nurse ‘sorry’ for anti-Semitic diatribe, now having panic attack

The female nurse who threatened to kill Israeli patients at Bankstown Hospital has apologised, as family members confront and abuse a journalist from The Australian outside their home | WATCH

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Warren Williams elected new Central Land Council chair

‘Unacceptable’: NT land council head’s domestic violence criminal record

The Albanese government is under pressure to remove newly appointed Central Land Council boss Warren Williams amid revelations of his lengthy criminal record, which includes jail time.

Liam Mendes

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Bernadine Martin, mother of four and artist allegedly murdered by her partner in Alice Springs on Sunday. Picture: Supplied

54 court appearances: Alice Springs mother latest victim in alleged DV murder

An Alice Springs mother with a ‘very bright future’ is the latest woman to be allegedly killed at the hands of her partner, who has an extensive criminal history.

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The search for a 12-year-old girl who went missing from a remote Northern Territory creek in a suspected crocodile attack more than 36 hours ago is now a recovery mission. She had been swimming with family members at Mango Creek near the remote Aboriginal community of Nganmarriyanga - also known as Palumpa - 350km south-west of Darwin. Picture: Nine

Five-year-old allegedly raped in remote NT community

Whistleblowers and advocates are calling for greater public disclosure of child sexual abuse in the Territory after a five-year-old boy was allegedly raped in a remote community this week.

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