Queen St killer Frank Vitkovic wanted a gun that could fire bullets as fast as he could pull the trigger to carry out his chilling mission. And if he’d gotten what he paid for, many more lives would have been lost.
SOME former and serving policemen must be very nervous about their pasts catching up with them. One woman in particular suffered all kinds of harassment at Victoria Police. First she got mad — now she’s getting even, writes Andrew Rule.
WE call them “old-school” police, which is code for whatever you want it to be. It’s fair to say most of them didn’t have much in common with Oscar Wilde except they could resist anything but temptation.
TRAINER Darren Weir has sprawling purpose-built stables near Ballarat that is producing winners like no other. Andrew Rule takes us inside the facility to see what it takes to get a run in the Melbourne Cup.
WHERE other horses might fight the bit and flail at the ground, Winx floats over it. Andrew Rule explains how watching the world’s best turf galloper “work” is like watching Ali in the gym at his peak.
WE’RE losing the war against ice and the casualties are not always clearly visible in our crime statistics, writes Andrew Rule.
A “HAUNTED” mansion with a name scratched on a window. A secret door. A society sex scandal. What really happened to Lady Rylah?
THE drug that has put Ben Cousins on death row and looks like derailing Vince Colosimo’s career is only a phone call away no matter where you are or who you are, writes Andrew Rule.
MISTAKES don’t come much bigger than murdering the wrong person. The amazing thing is that it has happened so often, writes Andrew Rule.
HELPING battlers comes with the territory for “Bernie The Attorney” Balmer, but it’s support of a battling sport has put him in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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