This Month
Tony Mokbel walking free caps another bad week for Jacinta Allan
Wearing a big smile and an ankle bracelet, one of Australia’s most notorious gangland figures was granted bail after 18 years in prison.
March
More prison officers needed to manage stricter bail laws: Allan
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has passed tougher bail laws, saying the state needs a “jolt to the system” amid an escalating crime problem.
January
Why Jacinta Allan should not take this Melbourne suburb for granted
David Abbey is a life-long Labor voter but he’s ready – almost – to turn against the premier. Peter Dutton will be closely watching two Victorian byelections.
December 2024
‘Shocking crime’: Albanese condemns synagogue attack
Anthony Albanese has spoken with the head of the synagogue and the AFP; Jacinta Allan said she felt “sick” by the arson attack. How the day unfolded.
March 2024
Crime and cost of living will decide the battle for Dunkley
Voters in the crucial Dunkley byelection have two things on their mind – crime and the cost of living.
December 2023
John Setka’s ex-wife found guilty of making threats to kill him
Emma Walters has been found guilty of making threats to kill the union heavyweight and CFMEU boss, but was only fined $1500.
December 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell trial shines light on America’s class divide
Witnesses recount how a tall British woman with a “proper English” accent lured them when they were young and poor into a world beyond their imagination.
November 2021
Liberal MP Tim Smith ‘pushed out’ by internal rivals
The Victorian thought he could survive in politics – until fellow Liberals demanded he leave Parliament.
August 2021
‘Australia’s most hated man’ banned by corporate cop
Richard Pusey, the Porsche-driving mortgage broker who filmed dying police officers, has been banned from the finance industry for 10 years.
November 2020
Hubris killed EL&C Baillieu, a Melbourne broking icon
One of Melbourne's oldest stockbrokers, established in 1889, couldn't survive the downfall of its rainmaking broker Stephen Macaw.
June 2020
How to wreck a political party: Victorian Labor's crazy factions
The Victorian branch stacking debacle shows that old fashioned political machines have been replaced by warring tribes that undermine good government.
April 2020
'I want my sushi': Porsche driver filmed police death scene
A Porche-driving mortgage broker charged over the deaths of four police officers hit by a truck video-recorded one of them as she lay dying and told her "all I wanted was to go home and have my sushi", a court has heard.
February 2020
Would you buy shares from an Instagram model?
Instagram photo shoots, pushy brokers, fat commissions and, too often, retail investors left with big losses: a look inside the dark arts of small and mid-cap stock floats.
Another client fires EL&C Baillieu amid scandal
One of the Melbourne broker's most promising corporate clients defected to Bell Potter, a sign an elaborate sting continues to damage the firm.
EL&C Baillieu loses IPO client
One client ended its relationship with the Melbourne broker, another hired a crisis public relations firm, and a third pleaded guilty to fraud.
EL&C Baillieu's Stephen Macaw lines up one last deal
The float of Nature One Dairy would be a test of whether an elaborate corporate sting has damaged the reputation of the Melbourne broker.
Think bankers are smart? Credit Suisse may prove you wrong
The famous Swiss bank last year made as much out of Melbourne broker EL&C Baillieu as a Commonwealth Bank term deposit. This year it's likely to be less.
A great stockbroking set-up: the EL&C Baillieu transcripts
Secretly recorded conversations with two Melbourne investment bankers expose the industry's inner workings.
Baillieu 'sting' broker quits, as China claim revealed
Stephen Macaw was recorded in a sting claiming to receive advance warning of regulatory approvals by the Chinese government.
January 2020
'I know the HSBC results a week before they publish'
An Australian businessman targeted by an elaborate corporate sting apparently boasted of receiving advance copies of earning results from HSBC Holdings, one of the world's biggest banks.