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Anthony Dowsley is a senior journalist based in Melbourne for the National News Network who has a special interest in investigating crime and the justice system. In 2018 he was named the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year and won the Gold Walkley the following year for his investigation into the Lawyer X scandal involving lawyer-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo. Contact Anthony at anthony.dowsley@news.com.au

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO NEWS,COM OR AUS, PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING, Poice Identification Team doing crime scene investigation at Casa Santisya Villa Friday June 20, 2025. On last Saturday morning two Australian Zivan Radmanovic and Sanar Ghanim get shot by stranger in Mengwi, Badung Regency, Bali. (Photo. Lukman S. Bintoro)

Bali cops retrace shooting suspects’ steps

Indonesian police have returned to the scene of the crime where Aussie father Zivan Radmanovic was murdered and another man injured in Bali.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Boiler room scam accused Mark Dennis with NRL premiership trophy.

Aussie arrested in Thai bust has links to sports stars

Former Sydney businessman Mark Dennis was among 13 foreign nationals arrested in a multimillion-dollar Asian boiler-room scam inquiry.

Police & Courts

Tony Mokbel leaves his lawyers office after Directions hearing at the Court of Appeal on Lonsdale Street after his appeal against his convictions over the Lawyer X scandal. Mokbel speaks to a man inside the coffee shop at the lawyers building.Picture: Jason Edwards

Tony Mokbel awarded $1m for brutal prison bashing

Freedom after almost 18 years behind bars is looking extra good for Tony Mokbel with the drug kingpin set to receive a massive government payout.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Coskun Mevlut one of the Australian suspects that have been arrested at Jakarta Airport transferred to Bali for the investigation over the murder of Zivan Radmanovic, 32 and the shooting of Sanar Ghanim, 34, inside a villa in Badung on Saturday morning. (picture. supplied)

Alleged Bali hit squad’s escape plan revealed

The escape plot of three Australian men accused of the murder of Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic in Bali has been revealed.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Darcy Francesco Jenson one of the Australian suspects that have been arrested at Jakarta Airport transferred to Bali for the investigation over the murder of Zivan Radmanovic, 32 and the shooting of Sanar Ghanim, 34, inside a villa in Badung on Saturday morning. (picture. supplied)

Australia opposed to death penalty for Bali accused

The Albanese government has voiced concerns after the arrest of three men over the killing of an Australian man in Bali. See exclusive arrest photos.

Police & Courts

Zivan Radmanovic, 32, with his wife Gourdeas Jazmyn. Zivan, is an Australian man who has died in Bali after a shooting at a villa in Munggu, Badung Province, Friday night, 13 June 2025. Picture: Facebook- - https://www.facebook.com/share/1LV555q333/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

‘Shattered’: Fundraiser for wife, kids of Aussie murdered in Bali

Two people have been arrested over the Bali shooting that killed a Melbourne man, as a GoFundMe page has been created to help his wife care for their six kids.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO NEWS,COM OR AUS, PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. Bali Paramilitary Police stop by the crime scene during their patrol around the area Monday June 16, 2025. On last Saturday morning two Australian Zivan Radmanovic and Sanar Ghanim get shot by stranger in Mengwi, Badung Regency, Bali. (Photo. Lukman S. Bintoro)

‘Devastated’: Carl Williams’ ex-wife on Aussie shooting in Bali

Underworld circles believe the hit — where one Australian has died and one remains hospitalised — may have been ordered over an unresolved dispute between criminals in Melbourne.

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updated image with ghanim leaving hospital

‘Terrifying’: Carl Williams’ ex-wife on Aussie shooting in Bali

The ex-wife of Melbourne underworld figure Carl Williams has spoken following an ambush hit on two Aussies in Bali, as police have provided an update about the gunmen involved.

Police & Courts

Danielle Stephens arrives at the Melbourne Magistates court with boyfriend and co-accused Sanar Ghanim. Commital for Carl Williams' step-daughter Danielle Stephens on an attempted murder charge. Picture: Nicole Garmston

Ex of Roberta Williams’ daughter shot in Bali, second man dead

A Melbourne man wounded in a shooting in Bali is reported to be the former partner of Roberta Williams’ daughter Danielle, while another Australian man was killed in the incident.

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Screengrab taken from and ABC News tv interview featuring Melbourne lawyer Nicola Gobbo, who has been revealed as Lawyer X. A police informant during during Melbourne's gangland wars. Ms Gobbo was first recruited in 1995 and worked with police until 2009, with drug lord Tony Mokbel and gangland figure Carl Williams among her clients. (Supplied by ABC NEWS)

Gobbo’s ‘stark’ warning to anyone considering being a police informer

Disgraced criminal lawyer-turned-snitch Nicola Gobbo — known as Lawyer X — has lost her fight for a $1 million payout from the cops, and issued a warning to anybody thinking about becoming an informer.

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