The Mango Inquirer

30/04/2026

WARNING: Contains material for age-verified social media accounts only.

Bits and pieces are filtering through to The Mango Inquirer on what it's like to meet a convicted stalker through a dating app.

After this exchange, our source revealed he had Buckley's chance.

29/04/2026

A Darwin mother has shared her 17-month ordeal at the mercy of convicted stalker Damien Buckley, in what she's described as a "s**t show".

Disturbing footage attained by The Mango Inquirer reveals Buckley dropping off gifts, and prowling around underneath the woman's house, before disabling her cameras.

The repeat offender was sentenced to three months behind bars today; but the brief reprieve has left the victim with little choice but to put her property on the market.

Read the details of her case through our website news link in the comment section.

12/03/2026

Looks like I've been dragged into the social media hallucinations of wannabe internet activist Leah Potter.

Given her latest Facebook claim about me attracted 180 reactions, it should probably be addressed:

There is no deleted post/blog/article/story where The Mango Inquirer claims convicted DV offender Paul Arnold was "bullied" by the activist.

There is a truckload of deleted posts by Potter where she said several women came to her personally, as DV victims of Arnold.

As someone who wrote extensively about his court appearances; attending most of the hearings, and being in close-personal-contact with the victim in this matter; Potter's absurd victory-lap for contributing nothing to the outcome seems another grab for credit, where none is due.

While many recipients of Potter's fabrications rely on PVOs and defamation letters to curb her nuttery, I'll acknowledge how lucky I am to have this platform to defend myself.

So let's sort this out:

I'm accused of writing that Arnold was "bullied" by Potter after his arrest; then I deleted the story after his verdict last year?

The post is still online, you fu***ng re**rd.

10th September 2023.

There was no allegation of "bullying"; but I did warn Potter about fabricating news, after Arnold approached me on the steps of the Lyons ward election booth, talking about k*lling himself and breaking-down right before me.

There are a number of Darwin journalists from my court-reporting work who will vouch to physically seeing my pre-written headline on my phone: "Guilty on all charges", while we were expecting the judge to come out and deliver her verdict way-back in 2024.

I cheekily revealed my headline and opening paragraphs were already written, so I could be first to "break the news".

I was even thinking of being a smart-ass by publishing the verdict 15-minutes before the judge came out.

That's how confident I was on the outcome, after sitting through Arnold's testimony.

When the verdict was finally delivered late last year (guilty on all charges), some readers asked me to write about it again; which I haven't, because I'm in fu***ng Ukraine.

There's no conspiracy here, Leah.

I did my part; a long time ago.

My advice to women seeking help on DV matters where the system is struggling to listen: come to The Mango Inquirer like many women before you. Not Leah Potter.

If you're new here, I've assisted getting movement on multiple cases pre-court, over the years.

While your truth will be believed; I can't just post anything, without some degree of reassurance, like a police complaint or snapshot on the situation.

We actually have a pretty creepy case with CCTV about a repeat DV offender coming up, later this month.

I'll be home from Ukraine eventually; and back to foraging Darwin court matters.

Hopefully with an extra jig in my step.

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17/02/2026

Ge***al electro-shock torture in the basements of Kherson Ukraine was just one of the techniques used by Russians on the male population during their occupation of the city in 2022.

Local Ukrainian father Valerii Manchenko, who evacuated his young family through 15 Russian checkpoints after the city fell disclosed his friends' experience in captivity during our interview and worksite visits, despite an ongoing artillery battle between forces across the city.

Now working in Kherson as the CEO for Ukrainian charity 'Lighthouse of Revival', Valerii shares the work of his team, who board up houses under constant shelling by artillery and drones from the Russians across the Dnipro River.

If you can spare some coin, donation details are available through his website linked to this post.

The 40 Ukrainian workers on his team often go without a wage, as there's little money to go around.

As a local born-and-bred of Kherson, Valerii's charity is one of many Ukrainian organisations making a real difference on the ground.

https://lighthouserevival.org/donate_en

12/02/2026

Rumours are circulating online that The Mango Inquirer is back in Australia, after a doppelganger was photographed in Palmerston today near a liquor outlet.

In a more accurate update, I had drinks with the chief of SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) for Kherson city a couple of nights ago, and his 2IC.

Non-alcoholic, of course.

I genuinely asked for a selfie and promised to blur them before posting, but the best they could offer were their direct numbers.

During the meet I also made another contact and filmed some content with them yesterday I'll publish over the weekend.

Still here. Still knocking on doors.

Slava Ukraini.

22/01/2026

Rest in peace mumma mango 🥀

17/01/2026

07/01/2026

Very proud to inaugarate the practice of "mooning" to the war in Ukraine, when a peace deal seems in the rear view.

While I can't find documented cases of this in conflict zones or war memoirs, there was the Scottish to the English in the film Braveheart.

I'm no William Wallace; more a Where's Wally.

05/01/2026

Waved my naked Aussie ass at the Russians today, 500 metres across the Dnipro river from the banks of Kherson city.

While it's not definitive that they actually saw it, we were in direct-line-of-sight of everything available in the Russian arse-nal.

At personal risk to his own safety, a Ukrainian military member from the United States nicknamed 'Toastie' escorted me down, to fulfill this lifelong dream.

I might note the Kyiv Independent and Channel 4 news journalists who both have years of frontline experience here in Ukraine didn't get this close to the river in their recent reports from the city, but their access to local protagonists and real journalism here was second-to-none.

It was a 2km hike on foot because my minivan would have brought suspicions of an ammunition resupply from scouting Russian drones high above us, and an increased risk of attention.

While it was a great rush, it also provided a sense of the danger these guys face moving to and from positions.

My tracksuit pants kept slipping down from the weight of the drone net cannister in my pocket, but I wanted to keep them loose for quicker access to my bottom.

Mission Bare Bum complete.

I just wish I planned it better with more and wider angles, to make postcards or something.

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26/12/2025

A British veteran fighting for Ukraine since the invasion started in 2022 is a resident of the frontline city Kherson; a place he fought to liberate from Russian occupation three years ago.

Mark from London told The Mango Inquirer: "I'm f*cking 52. Back in the UK, what would I be?

"I'd be just an old man living in my flat.

"Where as here, I'm a soldier again. Respected."

Mark has seen his fair share of combat and has the scars to prove it.

He now trains as a drone pilot every morning over fields in Ukraine, in preparation for a return to service.

He opens up to Mango about his service and loss in Ukraine.

25/12/2025

The last time I spoke to my mum on the phone three weeks ago, I joked that we were both on a race to the grave.

But it's so much easier to dodge Russian munitions, than cancer.

Big thanks to my older sister in Perth for raising our middle sister's beautiful children, and looking after mum these last few years.

I wasn't expecting it to make front page news about mum's hospice care; but thank you so much for the beautiful gesture NT News. xx