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Journalist. Author of ROGUE FORCES (winner of PM’s Literary Award) Signal +61477714805 markwillacy @protonmail .com. Posts/likes are my views not ABC's

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Mark Willacy
2 years
Shock jock Ben Fordham has asked me to go onto his program. For months he has done nothing but unfairly and inaccurately attack my journalism. I stand by my journalism, as does the ABC, and I won’t be providing him with content. Maybe he should read this
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Stay tuned...we aren’t letting this story go...there’ll be more revelations on alleged Australian special forces war crimes coming from ABC Investigations in the next couple of weeks
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Dylan Welch
4 years
So @AusFedPolice have declared they’re referring my colleague @DanielMOakes to the C’th prosecutors office ... to repeat that: the Australian Federal Police just referred an Australian journalist for prosecution over revelations about alleged unlawful killings by Aus soldiers.
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Mark Willacy
4 years
In 25 years as a journalist I’ve met some brave people. People prepared to speak truth to power, to confront authority, to speak out when they know it will hurt them. I’ve never met anyone braver than Braden Chapman
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Filming near the mouth of the cave in northern Thailand. Fantastic news all boys and coach have safely made it #ThaiCaveRescue
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Very proud to have won this gong. But even prouder to be part of the ABC Investigations unit, the best team in the business. Special thanks to @bradenjchapman who is the real deal, the true spirit of the SAS
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Mark Willacy
1 year
Some days restore your faith in why we do journalism…and tough journalism that requires an employer with backbone and a public that cares about what we do. Searching for truth is bloody hard work. Glad for @Ageinvestigates and Chris Masters…two of the best.
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Mark Willacy
4 years
This is the sort of fan mail you get for reporting on alleged crimes and misdemeanours by Australia’s special forces. But I’m heartened that a number of former SAS soldiers have contacted me to thank the ABC for bringing these stories to light
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Mark Willacy
2 years
Very important decision for journalism in this country...Court of Appeal overturns order requiring 60 Minutes, SMH and The Age to hand over draft stories
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Mark Willacy
1 year
Apparently journalism is the problem…
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Channel 7 has ripped off all of our @4corners interviews...no attribution...and no shame
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Mark Willacy
2 years
A witness for former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case has appeared in court charged with obstructing & causing harm to war crimes investigators.  He can only be referred to as Person X.
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Mark Willacy
4 years
The ABC stands by its reporting on alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan...over tabloid hit jobs by chief entertainment writers...
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Breaking...Australian SAS soldier seen shooting a unarmed Afghan man in footage aired by @4corners has been identified and suspended from duty. Defence Minister says the incident been referred to the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police
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Mark Willacy
3 years
The hate mail in response to my reporting on alleged Special Forces war crimes & my book ROGUE FORCES keeps coming. Like this email I got from Samantha. And a warning, some may find it & her offensive…
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Just arrived from the printer. Hits the shelves next week. Thanks again to all the good people who helped me
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Mark Willacy
2 years
Very chuffed to have won this for our @4corners story about East Timor. What a great team to work with
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Kennedy Foundation
2 years
The David Leckie AM Award for Outstanding Television Current Affairs (Long Form) goes to @markwillacy @steph_march @jrojourno and @kylestaylor from @4corners for Ghosts of Timor 📸 @saltydingomedia
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Steve is a great journalist and writer and this is a fantastic decision by the court
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Tony Ortega
4 years
In a thorough thrashing, the Australian federal court dismissed a case of defamation brought against journalist Steve Cannane and his book about #Scientology in Australia, 'Fair Game.' We have a statement from Steve and the full 273-page (!) ruling.
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Mark Willacy
2 years
Very honoured to have won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Thanks again to the brave Special Forces soldiers who trusted me with their stories #PMLitAwards
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AusGov Office for the Arts
2 years
Congratulations to Mark Willacy for his book ‘Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders’ account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan’, that has won the #PMLitAwards for Non-Fiction 🎉 @markwillacy @SimonSchusterAU
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Mark Willacy
3 years
The trolls have burnt it, torn it up, hidden it, and now they're shooting up my book with assault rifles. This guy is ex-ADF and this was posted on social media. And a warning, this video contains obscenity, firearms and stupidity
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Been investigating and reporting this stuff for two years now. This book is the culmination of all that digging. Couldn’t have done it without the brave men and women from the Special Forces who spoke to me. This is for them
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SimonSchusterANZ
3 years
‘It feels more like a bikie gang. You’re treated like garbage if you don’t conform’, from Rogue Forces by @markwillacy , the stunning insiders’ account of how some of Australia’s most elite soldiers became unlawful killers. Read more:
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Mark Willacy
6 years
What a team...⁦ @4corners ⁩ wins Walkley for our Thai cave yarn. Very proud
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Had some fantastic reviews of my book ROGUE FORCES. Then there's been stuff like this from people like "Nando" who haven't read it. I appreciate him purchasing a copy, but I'm worried about his method of reading it...
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Mark Willacy
4 years
BREAKING: A cleaner who tested positive to Covid-19 after working in a  quarantine hotel in Brisbane has been confirmed as having the more contagious UK strain of the virus.
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Mark Willacy
3 years
War crimes witness moved after blast at her home. Windows shattered, glass embedded in walls and floor. Police admit they “drop the ball” in investigation
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Australian SAS soldiers photographed and filmed themselves posing with Confederate flag while on operations in Afghanistan, ABC Investigations can reveal
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Mark Willacy
3 years
A report about my book ROGUE FORCES which is out today. This is a book about "the good people of the SAS who had the guts to stand up and call out the bad stuff."
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Braden Chapman is a hero
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Proud to have won this with @rory_callinan for our investigations into alleged war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan…
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ClarionsQLD
3 years
The winner for Investigative Journalism is @markwillacy and @rory_callinan . Congratulations! #Clarions
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Mark Willacy
4 years
We've hit peak Gold Coast...stripper and star of an Ultra Tune ad caught doing cocaine from the buttocks of another woman with her police officer ex-boyfriend has been fined $1500.
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Mark Willacy
3 years
You can burn it or shoot it or hide it. Or even read it!
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Michael Rowland
3 years
If you're on the hunt for Xmas presents, I can highly recommend this compelling book by one of Australia's finest journalists, @markwillacy . Mark exposes alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan, and speaks to the good men and women who spoke out against the bad behaviour.
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Australian cave diver Craig Challen tells @4Corners about the #ThaiCaveRescue and why it was crucial to sedate the boys for the extraction. The full inside story on the rescue Monday night on the program
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Mark Willacy
4 years
SAS patrol members tell ABC Investigations they witnessed comrade shoot unarmed disabled Afghan in the back of the head. They say it’s the same soldier seen in @4corners footage killing another unarmed Afghan cowering on the ground
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Mark Willacy
6 years
When the ABC first broke this story last year the head of the Qld Resources Council called it "fake news"
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Allyson Horn
6 years
The Qld Govt has launched court action against Indian mining giant Adani, over operations at Abbot Point in Central Qld. #Qldpol
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Mark Willacy
6 years
"I was confident of getting the kid out, I wasn't 100% confident of getting him out alive." British diver Jason Mallinson risked his life in the #ThaiCaveRescue to save the boys...his story tonight on @4corners
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Big shout out to 2 of the good guys central to my book ROGUE FORCES. SAS signals intelligence operator @bradenjchapman & combat medic Dusty Miller witnessed and called out unlawful killings and cover ups by some of their comrades. These are the heroes we should be celebrating
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Mark Willacy
1 year
Interesting new additional at The Australian War Memorial…
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Mark Willacy
4 years
He said it...
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Off to the #Logies with the guys from ⁦ @4corners ⁩...wish us luck!
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Mark Willacy
4 years
10 years ago today Japan was hit by a magnitude 9 earthquake and smashed by a massive tsunami. This is what the town of Rikuzentakata looked like when we got there...
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Mark Willacy
4 years
I’ll miss my desk neighbour. Dom is one of the most experienced broadcast journos in the business. Can report from anywhere, anytime, and on any medium. And has mentored so many up and coming reporters. She’s all class
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Dominique Schwartz
4 years
Thanks for such a fine & generous farewell ⁦ @abcbrisbane ⁩ I’m not looking as chipper today! While I’m sorry to be leaving @abcnews due to #abccuts I’m looking forward to new adventures! ⁦ @markwillacy ⁩ ⁦ @leoniemellor @alexblucher ⁩ ⁦ @jrojourno
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Australian officials reveal 7 Australian AFP/army divers moved 20 tonnes of equipment through cave waters during more than 70 hours of diving during #ThaiCaveRescue More on ⁦ @4corners ⁩ next Monday
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Mark Willacy
5 years
I love receiving a good tip off in the mail...
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Mark Willacy
2 years
Contrary to the spin of Heston Russell and his media fan club, the ABC has confirmed my story on the alleged killing of an Afghan prisoner was fair and accurate. Oh, and it’s being investigated by war crimes investigators. Much more to come…
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Mark Willacy
4 years
This is the sort of fan mail you get for reporting on alleged Australian war crimes. Pretty lame really... @TheRealPBarry @ABCmediawatch
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Mark Willacy
6 years
As revealed in this story, Adani has also lodged FOIs with the ABC...including seeking my expenses and documents relating to a story I did on the company
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Adani's new lawyers proposed 'attack dog' plan to wage legal 'war', fascinating story @jrojourno via @ABCNews
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Last week I reported on Daniel Love, an Aboriginal man put in immigration detention and facing deportation to PNG. Today he was released by the Department of Home Affairs
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Today in Queensland there are 63 children in adult maximum security watch houses. 8 of these kids are 13 years old or younger. 28 kids have been locked up for a week or more @4corners
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Today in Qld there are... 75 kids held in watch houses (45 in Brisbane alone) The longest stay is 32 days 22 kids have been held for 2 weeks or longer The youngest is a 12 year old girl @4corners
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Mark Willacy
3 years
This is extraordinary...
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Andrew Greene
3 years
Dumped Veterans’ Affairs Minister ⁦ @DarrenChesterMP ⁩ on the conversation he had with Nationals leader ⁦ @Barnaby_Joyce ⁩ yesterday 😳
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Mark Willacy
5 years
As of today, there are no children in the Brisbane watch house, Qld gov announces (after @4corners story in May detailed serious incidents there, including isolation, attempts suicides, etc). But will they be out for good? (6 other kids in regional watch houses today)
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Mark Willacy
2 years
I’m told the person who did this is a serving member of the Australian special forces. Class act. Book selling well despite this childish crap
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Mark Willacy
5 years
In the wake of last night's @4Corners on kids held in maximum security watch houses, we can tell you there are, right now... 68 kids in watch houses in Qld The youngest is 13 The longest continuous stay is 31 days 20 kids have been in longer than a fortnight
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Anne is one of the very best and she has been central to exposing the horrors of our aged care sector
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Gold Coast mayor withdraws his defamation action against ABC's Four Corners. ABC says story remains online, "there has been no apology. No damages have been paid."
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Mark Willacy
3 years
And still they come. The trolls, the morons, the book shufflers. At least I’m getting them into bookshops. Go your hardest…
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Defence confirms criminal investigation into conduct of Australian commando platoon in Afghanistan via @ABCaustralia
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Mark Willacy
3 years
Obviously the trolls who’ve been hiding my book in bookshops have been doing a pretty crap job. And a shout out to all those who’ve taken the time to read ROGUE FORCES
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Australian special forces allegedly planted the same gun on the bodies of two different Afghan civilians after a raid in which locals say unarmed civilians were executed, the ABC can reveal
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Stunning imagery on @4corners #HongKong yarn by the incomparable @johnnyturk and shot in tough circumstances...imagine he swallowed a fair bit of tear gas for this one
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Across Queensland today - a week after the Premier announced a new department in response to our @4corners story - there are 53 children locked up in adult maximum security watch houses...including 31 kids who’ve been inside for more than a week
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Nice of News Ltd to do a write up about my story on the dome leaking nuclear bomb waste into the Pacific, complete with quotes from “Mike Willesee”!
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Mark Willacy
6 years
In the wake of our @4corners “Project Dragon” story, Labor will target lawyers, accountants and real estate agents under tough new anti-money laundering laws, amid growing concerns over illegal "hot money" from China
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4 years
Afghan ambassador to Australia calls for a full investigation into war crimes allegations raised on ⁦ @4corners ⁩ including footage of unarmed Afghan man on the ground shot dead by SAS soldier
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Mark Willacy
12 years
A box set of two cantaloupe melons sells at auction in Japan for $12,500, or same price as a small car. (melon record is $31,000)
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Mark Willacy
3 years
There is also an Afghan journalist who has helped expose Australian Special Forces war crimes - who has an Australia visa - who has been turned away repeatedly at the airport perimeter by soldiers
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Rory Callinan
3 years
Former Aussie embassy guards left standing in sewer filled moat outside Kabul airport for hours before being told by soldier they could not enter as they did not have a visa stamp in passport - Wives and children there - group had to leave -see ABC
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6 years
This is the whiteboard at the #ThaiCaveRescue HQ showing where each of the divers were placed in the cave...if you zoom into the post-it notes you can even read each diver’s name. Thanks to Australian rescue diver Craig Challen for sharing
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Very chuffed for the Walkley for our Logan corruption yarns...⁦ @alexblucher ⁩ is a legend
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Intellectually impaired boy stripped by officers and kept "completely naked" inside Brisbane's adult maximum-security watch house for days, documents reveal. Another shocking case in the wake of @4corners Watch House Files
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Mark Willacy
8 years
6 months before Saddam was toppled I visited one of the Iraq WMD sites named by Blair Gov...was a mushroom farm
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Mark Willacy
6 years
Happy snap with Australian cave divers Craig Challen and Richard Harris. Tomorrow night on ⁦ @4corners ⁩ we have the inside story of the #ThaiCaveRescue with some of the divers from around the world who brought the boys out
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Mark Willacy
7 years
Toasting our great friend Colvin. Old busted up jouros salute you
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Mark Willacy
7 years
Here's to you my friend
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Mark Willacy
4 years
Prime Minister establishes the Office of Special Investigator to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Australian Special Forces in Afghanistan...includes AFP and state police investigators #auspol
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Mark Willacy
5 years
Today in Queensland there are 33 kids being held in adult maximum security watch houses who have been in there for more than a week. One has been inside for 33 straight days @4corners
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Mark Willacy
1 year
Spotted in the War Memorial bookshop. They tell me they’ve copped some heat for stocking it
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Mark Willacy
3 years
And nice to see a copy of my book ROGUE FORCES on Admiral Barrie's shelf!
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QandA
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Admiral Chris Barrie says he's worried "that we sleepwalk into the possibility of another war" on #QandA . Catch up on the full episode here:
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