It’s amazing how the public’s insatiable appetite for true crime continues to spawn tired and aged trivia masquerading as news, writes former Truth crime writer Adrian Tame.
Melbourne gangland
Carl Williams, gangsters and footy: a brief history
AFL has always been intrinsically linked to the underbelly of Melbourne. Why? The answer is obvious: gangsters and footy players are very, very similar. It’s all money, women and violence, writes Jamie Johnstone.
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
What possible motive could the frail old woman have doing the things she is alleged to have done to the really nice Mr Tuppence? The Kooka Brothers are on the trail.
No bail for Judy Moran in Dessie Moran killing case
Judy Moran and family friend Suzanne Kane were denied bail this afternoon after a magistrate deemed them a danger to the public.
Media briefs and TV ratings
It’s goodbye Sunday … Seven wins last week of summer ratings … ABC music to change? Ta ta da da da … Last night’s TV ratings
Could Channel Nine’s Underbelly undergo gastric banding?
Underbelly is due to start “shortly” on Nine and is being heavily promoted on air and during the Test Cricket. It is based on the book of the same name by veteran Age journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. But could there be a hold-up?
