A lawyer-turned-police informant. A name everyone knows, but can't publish. A number of major convictions now in question. This will make one hell of a mini-series.
When news of the Melbourne gangland High Court case hit the news last week, someone, on deep background, commented that it would be like a bomb going off. "A nuclear bomb," they added.
They weren’t wrong. The case, which has been wending its way through the court system for years, has revealed that for four years, from 2005 to 2009, a leading Melbourne criminal barrister representing a slew of Melbourne gangland figures, was also acting as a police informant.
It wasn't so long ago that Bishop was seen as an obvious successor to Turnbull. What a difference a year makes.
The coming of 5G will expose NBN to financial ruin
We've known for a while that 5G would hurt NBN's second-rate network — but now Telstra has provided figures on just how much damage it will do NBN's business model.
How much does an Aussie teacher earn?
We hear much debate over the battle with the Australian Education Union and the state governments about teacher pay. But how much do teachers across Oz actually earn?
An incomplete list of evidence that Australia is becoming a police state
The government is taking Australia down the road to a police state where criticism or embarrassment of the government is punished. This is how.
Media Files: The Australian guilty of contempt of Victorian court
The Australian has pleaded guilty to charges of contempt of court after it published a series of articles detailing CFMEU boss John Setka's now dropped blackmail charges.
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