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Mel McLachlan

Mel McLachlan

Malinda "Mel" McLachlan is an Independent councillor on Singleton Council, NSW, and a former NSW Police Detective Sergeant with 18 years of service.

Sep 14, 2026

The Uplift Podcast

The Uplift Podcast

Episode 14 W/ Mel McLachan

Sep 14 · 51m

Rachel Baigent
Rachel BaigentHOST
18:58
Yeah.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
18:59
And their families and trying to tell their mum that their kid's just been murdered or this is like those things started to weigh on me as well.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
19:10
Did you have your own kids at that stage? No, I didn't have kids at that point.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
19:14
So I did that for a while.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
19:16
And I remember one job in particular in Mount Druitt.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
19:20
It was a murder of a young woman.
Mel McLachlan
Mel McLachlanGUEST
19:23
She was a mother.

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Harrison Kirkwood
Harrison KirkwoodHOST
40:18
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