The Fitzgerald Inquiry sent its share of crooks, politicians and police to jail, but Queensland’s culture-changing former premier Mike Ahern says there is still much to be done and “we must never drop our guard”.
In the days when the internet only existed in labs and the mobile phone was years away, a young reporter and good old-fashioned journalism exposed Brisbane’s “Sin Triangle” and led to the landmark Fitzergerald Inquiry, writes Greg Chamberlin.
While owning a suburban home is the Australian dream for many, you’d want to make sure you’re not buying into one of NSW’s most notorious murder houses. Find out what horrors occured in these abodes. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
Even 30 years on, you can’t look at the Fitzgerald Inquiry and what it achieved without bumping into some stunning statistics. But did it miss some big fish? Who, through fate or design, avoided getting tangled in those impressive stats?
SHE was a young newlywed in the wrong place at the wrong time, visiting an elderly neighbour whose goddaughter’s husband had dropped by unannounced.
SOUTH Australia is synonymous with bizarre crimes. Here are some oddball cases from the early 1900s — from a butterfly heist to a ‘madam’ of Mount Gambier — that you’ve probably never heard of.
SOUTH Australia has a well-deserved reputation for weird crimes — but you probably haven’t heard of these oddball cases because they date back to the colony’s early decades.
Great sideburns, groovy cars and the growing role of women made it a decade to remember. Take a look at how Victorian police embraced the ‘70s with gusto.
SHE was a well-bred thief with a knack for conning strangers. But when words failed her, the attractive young Melbourne lass pulled a gun …
FOR five long weeks the public watched and waited aghast for news after Australia’s first ever kidnap for ransom. The terrible end to the case crushed a nation’s innocence, but the breakthrough use of forensic science ensured police got their man.
OF all the daring prisoner plots in Long Bay Jail’s long history, none was quite so successful as that of Russell ‘Mad Dog’ Cox.
IVY Mitchell was just 11 when she farewelled a young friend and walked home alone, her bare feet leaving tracks in the dust. But soon another set of prints would appear next to hers. This new set was bigger. Much bigger. A man’s boots. A killer’s boots.
How often can a person kill those closest to them before they arouse suspicion? In the case of Martha Needle, very often.
TWO sisters raped and bashed to death, their brother shot. Did the brother-in-law who found their bodies know more about the crime? Or was it a revenge attack by a convicted criminal?
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