Liam Mendes

Full video report from @yonibashan and myself in Tel Aviv earlier this month, when Iran fired almost 200 missiles - many ballistic - towards Israel. We were initially heading towards a mass shooting incident where nine people were killed by two Hamas terrorists when the missiles were launched by Iran. Read the full story here: l.taus.au/rI4

This is the trailer for our documentary on the Bondi terror attack, which has just gone up on YouTube. Link to watch the full incredible documentary here: youtube.com/watch?v=gBUxMV…

In September 2025, The Australian exclusively revealed that ISIS brides stranded in northern Syria were set to be returned to Australia. You can read Liam Mendes' exclusive story, which uncovered the plan for the ISIS brides' return, as part of free digital access to The Australian this weekend: bit.ly/4p1FxdR

@DianneGower2 Crisafulli is the Queensland premier, Alice Springs is in the Northern Territory

Oh didn't Cristafulli say he would stop youth crime that's how he won the election by telling people he would make youth crime adult time and what happened nothing youth crime has increased 100%

Alice Springs police have opened fire at a ute which rammed a police car at high speed overnight in yet another escalation in the town’s dire crime crisis. On Wednesday evening a police officer discharged three shots at a Mazda ute which rammed the rear of the police car — which had a police officer inside – with “significant force”. The extraordinary footage follows an escalation of violence in the town, with most recently a machete riot featuring machetes, rocks, tables and a fleeing car resulting in calls for more police on the ground. More: l.taus.au/h2e

Reddam House mother reported to police over ‘vicious antisemitic’ tirade A mother at a prestigious private school in Sydney’s eastern suburbs was reported to police after allegedly launching a “vicious antisemitic” tirade against a fellow school parent whose daughter was caught in the middle of the Bondi massacre. Reddam House mother Meghan Byrne, an artist, was reported to police last week after allegedly “politicising and mocking” the daughter of Sydney Jewish man Jeremy Levitt, just weeks after his young daughter was forced to flee the Hanukkah event at the centre of the Bondi massacre with blood on her jumper. However, NSW Police detectives don’t believe the threshold for criminal action has been met. Both adults are parents at Reddam House, an elite school in the heart of the eastern suburbs that is home to many members of Sydney’s Jewish community. Full story: l.taus.au/FDr

Footage of “warring families” in the centre of Alice Springs and featuring machetes, rocks, tables and a fleeing car has renewed calls for more police support on the ground. The footage shows about a dozen people – at least three armed with machetes – throwing rocks, a chair and a machete at a man who fled in a car just after 1pm on Friday. The fight broke out in one of Alice Springs’ most public areas, and just meters from where the town’s $4.8m Tourism Central Australia and Visitor Information Centre is to be constructed. Full video: l.taus.au/MxB

@RobbieBarwick We did report it in our story on the bail hearing. This video was published prior to the bail hearing.

The magistrate who granted this woman bail noted: “I’m having trouble seeing where the offending is.” He added that a charge of reckless foreign interference required covert deception. He said there was “scant evidence” to support an offence had been committed. Report that @liammendes @DrewPavlou

Polite, young and even quietly patriotic to her adopted country, Zheng Siru presents as a hard-working bakery assistant serving coffees and buns to busy ­Canberrans. But federal authorities allege the “peaceful life” Ms Zheng insists she leads is a facade – and that the 31-year-old with a shy smile is a Chinese Communist Party agent working surreptitiously to monitor members of Australia’s Chinese community. Read the full story: bit.ly/404kSdO

The father and son gunmen told a rural property owner they wanted to shoot feral animals on his land. But their deadly expertise suggests much more sinister preparation. Here's more: bit.ly/4qIgXil

Anthony Albanese has returned to Bondi Beach after a week-long absence as thousands gather to mark a week since 15 people were massacred at a Hanukkah event. Live coverage: l.taus.au/gmK

Police received information a “violent act” was possibly being planned before heavily armed officers detained a group of men from Melbourne who were reportedly on their way to Bondi Beach on Thursday. Seven men were intercepted by tactical operations officers who rammed a Hyundai i-30 and deployed multiple rounds of rubber bullets during one of the traffic stops occurring on a busy street in western Sydney. Read the full story: bit.ly/4qfuQUK

Bondi Beach terror massacre gunman Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences after waking from his coma on Tuesday, facing charges for the murder of all 15 victims of Sunday’s massacre. Akram was represented by his lawyer over video link from hospital on Wednesday afternoon. His charges include: - 15 counts of murder - 40 counts of cause wounding/grievous bodily harm to person with intent to murder - One count of committing a terrorist act - One count of discharge firearm intend cause grievous bodily harm - One count of cause public display of prohibited terrorist organisation symbol - One count of placing an explosive in or near a building with intent to cause harm Live coverage: l.taus.au/K34

Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram has multiple links to Islamic State through connections he made as a follower of radical jihadist preacher Wissam Haddad, notorious for indoctrinating young people through his Al Madina Dawah Centre. Read the full story: bit.ly/4pDxB2j

@BraedenSorbo No, they didn’t threaten to arrest the journalists.

@liammendes The family also called the police who then threatened to arrest the journalists x.com/braedensorbo/s…

A relative of the accused Bondi Beach shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram has emerged wearing a mask, hoodie and sunglasses, refusing to acknowledge the victims of Sunday’s terror attack in which at least 15 people were murdered. Live coverage: l.taus.au/snx

Extraordinary dashcam footage has emerged showing an elderly man tackling Bondi terrorist Sajid Akram to the ground and wrenching his weapon from his hands moments before he was shot.⁣ ⁣ The Australian's Liam Mendes recaps everything we know about the alleged shooters in the Bondi Beach massacre.⁣ ⁣ Follow live: bit.ly/4rYKcPh

Extraordinary footage has emerged of police raiding the home of Bondi Beach terror attack suspect Naveed Akram in Bonnyrigg, in Sydney’s west, in a major late-night operation. Read more: l.taus.au/z0Z

The close relatives of the alleged Bondi Beach terror attackers Naveed and Sajid Akram have themselves called police, complaining about media knocking on their door on two occasions since they returned to their home just after midday. Full coverage: l.taus.au/0dE

Update: Multiple people have been shot and several people have been killed after at least two gunmen opened fire on crowds at Bondi Beach. Follow live updates: bit.ly/3KQa9ja