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MACKANDER: Help… Is the psychologist still here? GUARD: No, she’s not. She’s gone home. MACKANDER: Fuck. I cannot do this. GUARD: Calm down mate and stop buzzing up. You’ll be spoken to a bit later. You just gotta chill out. MACKANDER: Chief, I’ve got fucking bad chest pains. Can you get the nurse, please? MACKANDER: I got vomit everywhere. Can you get the nurse for me? GUARD: No, I suggest you spew in the toilet and clean up the mess. The court heard Mr Mackander say “I can’t bre...

Before dawn, Matt Syron pulls on a black jacket adorned with four medals. They honour his years of service to his country, which included more than nine months on the frontlines of the War in Afghanistan a decade ago. He’s heading to an ANZAC Day Service on the New South Wales Central Coast, accompanied by some of his fellow ex-servicemen and friends. It’s a bittersweet day. For the Biripi, Worimi and Darkinjung man, it stirs up memories of mateship and pride at what he accomplish...