Burning question about Ashton’s Lawyer X knowledge
Victoria Police’s former chief commissioner Graham Ashton may have known lawyer Nicola Gobbo was informing on her underworld clients much earlier than he claims.
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For Victoria Police, sorry the hardest word
When Victoria Police finally issused an unconditional apology over the Lawyer X scandal, it had been years in the making, write Patrick Carlyon and Anthony Dowsley.
Top cops blasted over Lawyer X role
Two former Victoria Police chief commissioners are in the firing line of the Lawyer X royal commission for their role in the scandal as the Commissioner found drug baron Tony Mokbel’s trial may have been tainted.
Gobbo a suspected accessory in three gangland murders
In a shock new revelation from the Lawyer X royal commission, it can be revealed police feared barrister-turned-snitch Nicola Gobbo was giving Tony Mokbel information about murder targets at the height of Melbourne’s underworld war.
Why Mokbel’s bid for freedom is one step closer
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel’s bid for freedom is set to be bolstered on Monday, with explosive findings about his prosecution expected to be released.
How the truth is flexible for Gobbo
At no point has Lawyer X Nicola Gobbo advanced the Hodson murder case. Despite claiming she knows who killed the police informers, the available evidence says it is very unlikely she will provide any answers — unless doing so benefits herself.
Lawyer X saga could lock in Barbaro’s bid for freedom
One of Melbourne’s most infamous mafia ringleaders is claiming his record-breaking ecstasy smuggling conviction was tainted because of Lawyer X’s police informing — and is now using the claim to launch a fresh bid for freedom.
How a coffee date with Lawyer X sealed Karam’s fate
When Rob Karam entrusted his lawyer, Nicola Gobbo, with an envelope containing the details of a massive shipment of ecstasy, what was meant to be paperwork for an unprecedented payday for a drug cartel became a one-way ticket to more than 275 years in jail.
Neil Mitchell’s 30 years on air and how COVID changed Melbourne
It’s taken 30 years on air for Neil Mitchell to find the biggest story of his career: “I’ve never seen anything that absorbs and engages the public like this.” Mitchell opens up on working from home, why Daniel Andrews won’t come on his show and how Victorians have been let down by their leaders.
Why can’t Andrews just say sorry?
Daniel Andrews may project commitment, yet his rigour seems hollow in the absence of an apology to show he accepts blame for the greatest political catastrophe in living history. And while hope is growing about falling virus numbers, the anger has not dimmed, writes Patrick Carlyon.
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