Payne limps out of spotlight a hero
ON A horse Michelle Payne is probably the world’s most successful female jockey. Out of the saddle she’s what one racing reporter calls “a nice farm girl”, writes Andrew Rule.
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Sorry end for sad crim who liked to play dumb
GEORGE Williams always had a sharp eye for easy money, a trait that would enrich his family — then destroy it, writes Andrew Rule.
Ollie sent packing after night out
THE one good thing for Damien Oliver is that of the 17,500 people who crowded into the Grand Annual meeting yesterday, he was clearly among the most sober on course.
Cocky mayor a dead parrot talking
IT’S a few minutes before Darryn Lyons is due at the Town Hall to be told formally what he knows already from well-oiled leaks: he is no longer Geelong’s mayor, writes Andew Rule.
Rumours rage over mob lawyer’s death
JOE Acquaro – the slain lawyer who fancied himself as a mob consigliore – got in too deep to extricate himself, and his attempts to drift away quietly were interpreted as a hostile move.
The man who got back on track
JAMIE Evans was an international jockey who hit rock bottom before picking himself up and putting his life back on track, writes Andrew Rule.
Slayings could have been stopped
THREE gangland killings could have been avoided if a hitman was brought to justice for the brutal slaying of a security guard years earlier.
A violent man whose luck ran out
TERRENCE Blewitt was a violent man in a violent trade. Wherever he went, bad things happened to others. That’s how it was until the day a bad thing happened to him.
Passion, powder and pills make a fine yarn
Names have been erased to protect the guilty. So you’ll have to guess which former sportsman police smuggled into St Kilda Rd police station a decade ago. NEW ANDREW RULE PODCAST – LISTEN NOW.
A killer who terrified Victoria for decades
THE brutal murder of two country teenagers shocked Victoria in 1966. Years later the same sadist raped many Melbourne mothers. Andrew Rule tells the story of Mr Stinky.
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