The Painters & Dockers Union
True crime writer Peter Hoysted, aka ‘Jack the Insider’ returns with the story of one of Australia’s most elaborate criminal enterprises. From the early …
Mass shooters are terrorists
The year 2018 has already provided a Melbourne Cup field of weirdness, but this week was a standout. Earlier in the week we were …
The Stitch Up
They had hoped he would go away quietly, fade into anonymity. Just another ex-cop with an axe to grind. In time they thought no …
Former Victoria Police detective Denis Ryan a hero of child abuse inquiry
Imagine in this age of instant gratification, having to wait for something, anything for 45 years. Then think what it must be like to …
What makes a mass murderer?
Charlie Manson is dead. Fetch me a bin liner. I could make that funeral quick and inexpensive I assure you. In the wake of …
Stop the ugly victim blaming
For the record, I made several appearances on the ABC’s panel show The Drum some years ago for which I fully apologise to all …
Cancer fakers the real deplorables
Cancer touches every single one of us at some point, either through family and friends or directly when we sit before a medical specialist …
Cupboard boy descends to the toilet
We all do it when we have a spare moment. Bang our names into Google’s search engine and see what comes up. Julian Assange, …
Failures of church and state created monster Gerald Ridsdale
Gerald Ridsdale, the former Ballarat priest has pleaded guilty to a further 20 offences against 11 victims and his conviction formally handed down. On …
Blue Murder 2 – When fiction is stranger than fact
When did fiction become stranger than fact? The answer would appear to be when an Australian television production company gets hold of a cracking …