Rape victim’s grit rose above pure evil
THE agony Jess endured at the hands of the serial rapist who abducted her from a Ballarat gift shop would have broken most people. But she refused to let the ordeal define her, writes Andrew Rule.
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Racing’s reputation down the tube
RULE breakers don’t record their activities, so the history of illicit treatments in horse racing is strictly word-of-mouth. That is until a series of text messages revealed one of the biggest scandals Australian racing has suffered, writes Andrew Rule.
Syd and Chopper, a tale of two idiots
CHOPPER Read and Syd Collins were linked by a thick headed criminality that would be funny it wasn’t so threatening, writes Andrew Rule.
How do gun thieves know just where to strike?
IT LOOKED like any suburban home – an anonymous house in the Geelong suburb of Manifold Heights, but the thieves seemed to know more. They hauled away a safe containing three shotguns and a high powered Ruger hunting rifle.
Violence is Melbourne’s new reality
BOTTLES shatter on concrete and rocks rain down on police in riot gear as a crowd of youths yell insults and threats. This is not some Los Angeles or Johannesburg trouble spot — it’s inner-suburban Melbourne on a Monday night, writes Andrew Rule.
How Tarneit is fighting back against thugs
A MONTH after Ecoville Community Park in Tarneit was trashed by young thugs, locals are determined to reclaim their suburb from youth gangs. Andrew Rule visited the community to see how the fightback is gathering ground.
Who was the Great Bookie Robbery’s mystery man?
The Great Bookie Robbery remains one of Melbourne’s greatest heists — and bagged millions of dollars. But who was the insider who tipped off the gang of bandits?
We need plain speaking to deal with gangs crisis
WE had warnings about Melbourne’s youth gangs a decade ago, but authorities have spent much of that 10 years apologising for the offenders rather than dealing with them, writes Andrew Rule.
60 seconds of madness: Bourke St tragedy remembered
IT’S a year since a disturbed, angry and violent driver of a car hurtled up Bourke St, killing six and inflicting terrible injuries. Andrew Rule charts the deadly rampage.
The day Harold Holt went missing
ON a Sunday morning in Portsea, Prime Minister Harold Holt was walking the gardens with his three-year-old granddaughter. A few hours later, tragedy would strike. 50 years on, those present on that fateful day reflect on where it all went wrong.
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