Criminals are being pressed into an extreme form of Islam — dubbed Prislam — in our jails, while al-Qaeda and IS have been discovered trying to make contact with terrorists held at our highest-security prison.
As families lined Sydney Harbour for the New Year’s Eve fireworks, a mass casualty terror plot was underway. An unprecedented police operation knew of the danger, but not the detail, and cops faced a gut-wrenching dilemma over when to act. LISTEN NOW
They swapped coded messages in newspapers and were experts in shaking off police surveillance. This is how old-school criminals at the top of their game earned a not-so-grudging respect from the detectives on their trail.
Anyone who doesn’t think Australia has a problem with Islamic-based terrorism is a fool, with an increase in incidents making it ever more likely that “one of those threats will get through”, says a former counter terror specialist. LISTEN NOW
His career brought him into contact with colourful characters and hardened crims such as Neddy Smith and Michael Hurley, but what really happened to earn detective Mark Smith the nickname Scarface? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
An actress was forced to deny “some sex and drug-crazed orgy”; TV star Paula Yates unjustly cried murder at Live Aid hero Bob Geldof — then blamed a sex game gone wrong. But Michael Hutchence’s own words reveal the truth of his final hours. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
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