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Andrew RuleAssociate editor

Andrew Rule has reported on life and crimes and catastrophes (and sometimes sport) for more than 45 years. He has worked for each of Melbourne’s daily newspapers and also spent time in radio and television production and making documentaries on subjects ranging from crime to horse racing. His podcast Life & Crimes is one of News Corp’s most listened-to products.

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Aust Prime Minister Harold Holt.

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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Box Hill woman Carolyn Pethick has recently retired from Victoria Police after nearly 30 yearsÕ service. Now that she has left the force she has written a book titled 'To Hell and Back'  covering her early years working in a ÒmanÕs worldÓ.  Carolyn with her book. Picture: Lawrence Pinder

Abused, harassed but not beaten

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.

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Former Victorian police officer Peter Spence in Melbourne. Spence, who was wrongly suspected of illegally accessing an Australian Taxation office database to obtain the address of a murder target says Victoria Police mounted a campaign against him- that left him almost unemployable.

Bullets flew on Peter Spence’s streets

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.

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Moonee Valley Breakfast With the Best. Winx with jockey Hugh Bowman. Picture: Jay Town

Why Winx isn’t like the other horses

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.

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