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Indexed articles, last 90 days
43
Latest publication
Oct 2, 2026
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Top 100K sites
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 2, 2026 · Daniel Lo Surdo

    How the alleged Newington College rape was exposed (opens the original)

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    The teacher charged with the rape of a Newington student while touring the Great Barrier Reef resigned when confronted by senior college staff in Sydney, after being removed from the travelling party after the allegation was made. Deandra Kontou, 32, was last week charged with nine offences over the alleged abuse spanning six months, in which she allegedly exposed the teenage boy to indecent material, groomed him through online messages, coerced him into a sex act without his consent, and twice

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Daniel Lo Surdo

    ‘She’s in a lot of pain’: ABC legend Margaret Throsby confronts new injuries after e-bike collision (opens the original)

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    Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby is facing a long road to recovery after breaking several bones and suffering extensive head injuries in an e-bike collision with two teenagers riding a “fat bike” along a popular coastal walking track in the Illawarra region. The 84-year-old remained in hospital on Thursday, almost one week after she was struck by the rider and passenger while on her regular morning walk. She was thrown to the path after colliding with the e-bike, breaking her hip and thum

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Daniel Lo Surdo

    Meaghan was killed in her Florida home. Now her sister wants to bring her nephews to Australia (opens the original)

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    Madisson Bowler cherishes childhood memories with her older sister, Meaghan, filled with tennis matches, beach swims, and dreams of one day raising their own kids together. On Wednesday, the 27-year-old will travel to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where Meaghan lived for 2½ years before she was allegedly murdered by her American husband, Jesse Nicholas Jones, in a shocking domestic attack. Madisson is making the trip in a bid to bring up her sibling’s two young boys in the same nurturing environment she

  4. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Daniel Lo Surdo

    Teacher charged with rape of Newington student still on education department payroll (opens the original)

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    The former Newington College teacher accused of raping a student at the prestigious private school was working at a secondary college in Sydney’s southern suburbs until her arrest, and is still being paid by the Department of Education while she confronts a string of child abuse offences. Deandra Kontou, 32, was last week charged with nine offences, including aggravated sexual assault, four counts of sexual assault, and using an electronic device to groom her victim, who was aged under 16 at the

  5. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Daniel Lo Surdo

    Former Newington teacher charged with rape, grooming student (opens the original)

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    A former teacher at Sydney’s Newington College has been charged with the rape of a student and four counts of aggravated sexual touching after allegedly using an electronic device to groom her young victim before carrying out the attack. Deandra Kontou, 32, was last week charged with nine sex offences, after an investigation by the Inner West Police Area Command into allegations the teacher sexually assaulted and groomed a student in her care. Kontou worked at Newington College for two years, le

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