The rise of female riders in modern racing is a tale with two sides. On one side it may be the industry’s best “feelgood” story of the past 25 years, but after two deaths in two days it’s time to acknowledge the rising toll among female jockeys, writes Andrew Rule.
One of the people involved in Jonathan Dick’s capture went largely unnoticed. So step forward Antonio Arce, the quiet hero, writes Andrew Rule.
When a skeleton was found in a South Australian town and was matched with a skull found years ago, it added to the state’s long list of grisly stories, writes Andrew Rule.
As the great and the good arrived to farewell Victoria’s greatest police chief commissioner, it was obvious that in death as in life, “Mick” Miller still casts a giant shadow.
He’s already dished the dirt on some of Australia’s most notorious criminals, but ‘Jock’ – a former top Jockey, couldn’t say a bad word about Tony Mokbel.
Our crime writer Andrew Rule is lucky to be alive. He tells how he escaped the ticking time bomb in his chest and why a simple check-up can prevent more broken hearts.
Over the years we’ve welcomed the likes of granny serial killer John Wayne Glover, brutal gangster Nik ‘The Russian’ Radev and the monster who killed little Sheree Beasley. Australia really is a sucker for importing bad guys, writes Andrew Rule.
The construction industry has always attracted outlaw bikies and underworld figures who act as muscle in negotiations. Not all criminals kill with bombs and bullets, writes Andrew Rule.
When the ultralight plane flown by drug cook Bob Slusarczyk crashed, it was both a tragic end to his birthday flight and a handy coincidence for the bent police he may have been minded to dob on. NEW PODCAST
The most twisted of Kath “Granny Evil” Pettingill’s sons was an expert at making murder look like an accident, from drownings to heroin ‘hot shots’. And an Australian rock star almost joined the list of Dennis Allen’s victims.
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