Crime
Colonial killings hidden in code spark truth-telling debate

A settler’s coded diary of killings is challenging Australia's comfort with its colonial past ...  
Weaponising outrage: The hidden hands behind Australia's antisemitic attacks

As fabricated terror plots unravel, questions mount about who’s truly behind Australia’s wave ...  
Australia’s rort addiction needs more than audits, it needs ethics

Rorting has become so embedded in Australian life, only a national revival of ethics can hope to ...  
The emperor is naked: Trump’s reckoning over the Epstein scandal

Trump’s base may finally be seeing what’s always been obvious — and it’s not just the ...  
Trump’s $15 billion distraction fails to bury Epstein bombshell

As the Epstein files resurface, Trump’s desperate $15 billion lawsuit reeks of distraction — ...  
Banks, mules and government fools let scammers run free in Australia

Behind every scam that robs Australians blind is a system that protects the banks, ignores the ...  
Encouraging gender stereotypes won't protect children from abuse

Banning men from childcare won’t protect children — but it will fuel bigotry and distract from ...  
Death by fungi: Cashing in on Erin Patterson

The mushroom murders gripped a nation, but it’s the media and opportunists now feasting on Erin ...  
Robodebt RC reforms needed ‘pronto’

Robodebt saw over 400,000 Australian citizens targeted and relentlessly pursued – mafia style ...  
When the system becomes the abuser: A domestic violence survivor's account

This is the anonymous story of a survivor of domestic violence who sought help — and was met ...  
Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

With states jostling to prove their tough-on-crime credentials by introducing racist laws, will ...  
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EDITORIAL: Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

The Yoorrook for Justice Report into Victoria’s child protection and criminal justice systems ...  
Brutality and deaths surge again as Trump provokes racist hatred

Increasing fatalities confirm that the period of healing in the United States under President Joe ...  
Scott Morrison is not worthy of awards or honours

In an open letter to the Governor-General, John Maycock implores the reconsideration of Scott ...  
Why new scam laws might actually bite

An epidemic of thievery through digital services has provoked the Government to try new laws; ...  
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in the court of public opinion

When it comes to public opinion, women face harsher trials than men — long before any verdict is ...  
Adani, Trump and the undoing of global anti-corruption norms

Trump's suspension of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act has signalled to business elites that ...  
Trump pushes for Alcatraz to house dangerous criminals... like himself

President Trump has suggested the reopening of Alcatraz prison to house America's most dang ...  
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