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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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Deadliest of errors in murders

MISTAKES don’t come much bigger than murdering the wrong person. The amazing thing is that it has happened so often, writes Andrew Rule.

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Australia Day awards Criminal lawyer Bernie Balmer is getting a gong for his good works for boxing. Bernie Balmer still packs a punch in the courtroom as well as the boxing ring at Melbourne Fight Club Flinders street. Picture: David Caird

A man to have in your corner

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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(FILES) This file photo taken on March 27, 2017 shows Henri van Breda (C) arriving with his lawyer Lorinda van Niekerk (L) at the Western Cape High Court for the start of his trial for allegedly killing his two parents, brother, and wounding his sister, with an axe, in their luxury home, in Cape Town. In a case that has gripped South Africa, the 22-year-old scion of a wealthy family goes on trial in Cape Town on April 24, 2017, accused of slaughtering his family in a frenzied axe attack. The case has also made headlines internationally, as police failed to arrest anyone for the grisly killings until Henri van Breda handed himself in. / AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH

Riddle of butcher behind the gates

HENRI van Breda seemed to have a life of privilege but if prosecutors are right, he’s responsible for slaughtering three members of his family, writes Andrew Rule.

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Strange case of guns and rozzers

TIMING is everything. When the gun thieves hit the property just outside a big Surf Coast town, they got it right, writes Andrew Rule.

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AFL Round 1 Essendon vs. Hawthorn at the MCG. tHE NEW BOMBERS ENJOY THEIR WIN .Pic : Michael Klein

Inside the Essendon Bombers rebuild

THE Bombers did the crime and they have done the time. Now, like the Blues Brothers, they have to put the band back together again. And there’s two men responsible for doing that.

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13/4/17. The Police Barracks are celebrating its 100th birthday. The Historical Society are helping to celebrate its centenary.Senior Constable Andrew Ludgate with his dog, HavocPic: Keryn Stevens

Don’t try to blacken the people in blue

BEING sceptical of authority isn’t necessarily bad, but there is a right time and reason to bag police, writes Andrew Rule.

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Supplied undated image obtained Monday, April 10, 2017 of New Zealand-born comedian and satirist John Clarke. Satirist and comedian John Clarke has died while on a Sunday hike in the Grampians National Park in Victoria with his wife. Clarke, who was 68, died from natural causes. (AAP Image/ABC) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Gentle giant of wit was always ready to help

IT WAS once said of John Clarke that he had helped so many people everyone at his funeral would be amazed to see so many strangers there, writes Andrew Rule.

Good Friday Appeal

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‘You were a miracle baby’

HERALD Sun associate editor Andrew Rule knows all too well the amazing work of the staff at the Royal Children’s Hospital. Ahead of the Good Friday Appeal, he pens a letter for his grandson Gus.

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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - JUNE 30: AOC President John Coates looks on at the AOC Executive Board Meeting at Museum of Contemporary Art on June 30, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Australian target shooter Michael Diamond fronts the AOC board in bid for Rio Olympic selection. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

Is John Coates still a good fit?

IT’S unlikely there will be any backward steps in the power struggle that is rocking Australia’s Olympic movement, writes Andrew Rule.

Northern Territory

14/11/2003 LIBRARY: 15/11/2003: Bradley John Murdoch arrives under police escort at Darwin Airport to face murder charges of British backpacker Peter Falconio. Picture: PATRINA MALONE

Falconio murder continues to fascinate

THERE’S nothing like a good miscarriage of justice to get the investigative juices flowing. Righting wrongs hits the sweet spot because it makes a difference — and gets an audience. The one thing better than a well-told whodunit is the who-really-dunit

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