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Oct 13, 2023 | 
exploretravel.com.au | Blake Foden
Time slows down and stress fades into the abyss at this heavenly retreat with silky beaches, swaying palms and inviting hammocks. Maybe it happened in the ocean, while swimming with reef sharks beside a private island paradise, or jetskiing in the open water, land barely visible in the distance. Or perhaps it occurred in one of the many hammocks that lined the coast of my resort. Wherever it was, Fiji achieved what many would have thought impossible.
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Neil Gaughan, the ACT's chief police officer. Picture by Sitthixay DitthavongSpilt Milk and Summernats will be a major test of the ACT's move to decriminalise drugs, according to the territory's top cop, who fears an "increased appetite" for illicit substances will bring more organised crime to Canberra.
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Sep 3, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Hannah Neale |Blake Foden
Bruce Shillingsworth jnr, left, and Nicholas Reed, right, outside court. Pictures by Hannah Neale, Blake FodenOne protester has pointed angrily at a jury, while others have loudly exclaimed in dismay, after two men were found guilty over their roles in the destructive fire that damaged Old Parliament House. Cries of "no!" emanated from the public gallery in the ACT Supreme Court on Monday, when the jury found Bruce Shillingsworth jnr, 32, guilty of aiding and abetting arson.
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Sep 1, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Two men are behind bars for brutally bashing an unconscious pair of brothers in what a magistrate has described as an "extremely vicious" act of "real savagery". David Samuel Hoyt and William Juan David Rendall, both 29, mercilessly flogged their victims, only stopping when a passerby yelled at them.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
braidwoodtimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Court reporterAs a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
braidwoodtimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Identical twins Joshua and Kenan Tiffen, who were investigated by detective Trent Madders, inset. Pictures ACMA judge has slammed a Canberra detective for trying to "cover up" the mishandling of evidence, remarking that "lawlessness on the part of police encourages lawlessness in our society". "It does not aid the course of justice for police to do the wrong thing," Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson said in an ACT Supreme Court judgement published on Thursday.
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Aug 31, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Identical twins Joshua and Kenan Tiffen, who were investigated by detective Trent Madders, inset. Pictures ACMA judge has slammed a Canberra detective for trying to "cover up" the mishandling of evidence, remarking that "lawlessness on the part of police encourages lawlessness in our society". "It does not aid the course of justice for police to do the wrong thing," Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson said in an ACT Supreme Court judgement published on Thursday.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
Police at the scene in Page after the incident. Picture by Dion GeorgopoulosA psychotic killer could be detained for up to 30 years over a terrifying attack in which he nearly beheaded a housemate and tried to murder two other people at his Page home. Wajid Kakar, 37, faced the ACT Supreme Court on Thursday in relation to the frenzied February 2021 onslaught, which one survivor has likened to a horror movie.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
canberratimes.com.au | Blake Foden
As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts.
