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.
After nearly two decades, Seven has crushed Nine's Footy Show.
Dear Labor MPs, stop with your bullshit about protecting our rights
It's high time Labor cut the bullshit and admitted they're just as committed to creating a police state as their opponents.
Why does Australia keep making such patently dumb decisions about tech laws?
Australia is yet again the idiot of the global village, handing hackers and criminals a big win with its encryption backdoor legislation. Why are we so dumb?
Behold, the Great Milo Yiannopoulos Right-wing Cluster-fuck Email Dump!
Right-wing pin-up boy Milo Yiannopoulos has been scandalised by an email leak, which, unless you're inclined to his brand of politics, is a delicious, early Christmas treat.
Internal email reveals Border Force to cut jobs over Christmas
Staff have been told "significant budget pressures" have led to the cuts which may extend to other states.
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