Dangerous friable asbestos found at popular inner city Sydney park
Crisis grows as health officials descend on four hospitals and two ambulance stations to test for asbestos in mulch.
Since 2000, Mark has worked as a print and online journalist and feature writer.
For Nine.com.au, his work has focused on the Madeleine McCann case, drug crime, and extremist terror groups.
Contact Mark at MSaunoko@nine.com.au.
Awards and recognition:
Shortlisted - 2019 Mumbrella Publish Awards – Best podcast, “Maddie”
Crisis grows as health officials descend on four hospitals and two ambulance stations to test for asbestos in mulch.
Trolls and critics have swamped the museum's social media accounts, demanding it return a towering artefact taken from Easter Island.
A new study has painted a picture of the typical Australian smoker, and what they have found flies in the face of widespread perceptions.
Social media posts that wrongly identified a house in Perth as a place where former prisoners were living may have led to a home invasion and robbery
An Aldi supermarket, a Catholic school, a kids' sports centre and public pathway near a light rail station are among the new infected locations
Ticketek is bracing for ticket chaos at the MCG and Accor Stadium as nasty plots hatched by scammers months in advance are fully realised.
The couple were driving to work at a Chinese restaurant, where they had been earning extra cash ahead of the arrival of their baby boy.
Following a successful trial of a nine-day fortnight in Australia, Santos is testing the same program for its workers in Port Moresby
All eyes are now on former Fox News star Tucker Carlson, who has been a vocal critic of western support for Ukraine
Notoriously private Holly Valance has just shared some of her political views and it's a fair assumption she's unlikely to vote for Labor and Anthony Albanese.
Police had been been trying to find the 38-year-old, who was last seen at a motel on the Central Coast, between Sydney and Newcastle.
A humble three-bed home in Sydney's eastern suburbs snapped up for $4.6 million has typified a red-hot start to property auctions in 2024.
Eagle-eyed officials noticed something was wrong with the car's carpet, and then found an illegal immigrant curled inside tiny hole under the glovebox.
The automaker insists there's nothing wrong with its locking system, despite 9news.com.au learning of more children being trapped inside.
Heavy rains have allowed the invasive species - which decimates crops and livestock - to rapidly spread across state lines.
The captured Israeli woman appeared in another hostage video, one day after a chilling message from Hamas which declared 'we will inform you of their fate'.
Police said they had nabbed "another one" after an intense pursuit chasing down a teenager in northern NSW.
This is how deep stressed-out tenants have had to dig during a rental crisis that shows few signs of ending.
Researchers don't know how dangerous the fresh trio of drugs are.
Majestic and century-old trees are being hacked down in an effort to contain a minute but destructive invader from abroad.
The northern tropics are awakening, and models suggest a tropical cyclone could develop within days.
Rents have surged and supply is running at a trickle. Where to from here for frustrated renters hoping to sign on the dotted line?
A new parliamentary report has calculated exactly what it would cost the government to provide universal access.
Banks must do more to solve customer complaints, the ombudsman office says, as it buckles under an 'unsustainable' workload.
A key decision, which some think will bring new money flowing into the popular cryptocurrency, is imminent.
Anyone performing the Nazi salute or caught trading memorabilia from Hitler's Third Reich now faces one year in prison.
The number of GP clinics offering bulk billing is rapidly collapsing, a new report has found, as more and more people avoid the doctor because of rising costs.
Battered Queenslanders warned road to recovery will be long, in aftermath of furious storms that destroyed homes and wiped out roads and power.
Almost 16 years after the shocking and frenzied killings of a NSW drug dealer and his partner, police are chasing up fresh leads linked to a bikie gang.
As terrifying winds and rain hammered their home, lifting off their roof and sending shards of smashed glass spearing into walls, it felt like armageddon for Tania and Phil King.
The NSW SES rushed to more than 115 incidents in the last 24 hours, after storms and flooding struck the north east of the state.
The tank commander had a wife, who was expecting their second child, and a son.
Dozens of guests were evacuated from one of Sydney's plushest 5-star hotels after a guest allegedly smashed a window in his room, hit staff and set off the water sprinkler system.
Residents in some of Sydney's richest neighbourhoods may have had their personal information and some credit card details stolen in a pre-Christmas hack
Officers had spoken with a 32-year-old woman before she ingested an unknown amount of medication.
The winner of a Chinese chess tournament has been stripped of his title after shocking allegations of cheating using anal beads and defecating in a hotel bathtub.
Because of her disability, Rachael Fullerton always travels with her assistance dog Strike, but the pair are barred from flying with national carrier Qantas.
Rose, a 12-year-old black Patterdale terrier, vanished in 2017 and had been living in the woods 10km from her home.
Police discovered Sara's abandoned body on the bottom bed of a bunk, under a blanket and with two handwritten notes under her pillow.
Police hit a major narcotics jackpot in Sydney after they stopped an attempted kidnapping which led to 722 kilograms of cocaine stashed in an apartment.
Dramatic spikes in syphilis and gonorrhoea are 'particularly concerning' as testing for STIs is decreasing.
To ward off a potential attack, Craig reckoned security cameras aimed at his fence was the best way to protect several large trees on his property.
For the first time witnesses have shared publicly what they saw on December 8, 1980 when Mark Chapman shot John Lennon with a .38-caliber handgun
Bats can host a startling number of potentially lethal viruses – including the coronaviruses that caused the Sars and Mers epidemics.
The wire fox terrier was one of the most popular breeds in the 1940s, propelled into hearts and minds by Snowy, Tintin's canine sidekick in the popular comic series.
Graffiti artist Banksy has kept his identity a closely-guarded secret for decades, but it appears we now know his first name.
Distraught locals and historians fear the immaculately kept 12th century building will now turn into rubble.
Shane Healey's stories of combat were too hard for a specialist psychologist to listen to, so she begged him to stop.
A new study has underlined the high lung cancer rates of Australian Royal Navy veterans compared to the army and air force.
Campers in Queensland were stunned by the sight of Australia's heaviest bird paddling through waves and onto a golden sand beach.