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Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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National

NETWORK SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. Seb Costello appearing on A Current Affair.

New claim about company at centre of Nine star’s loo chase

A finance company whose employee was chased into a women’s toilet by A Current Affair’s former reporter Seb Costello has been accused of an ‘unconscionable’ act.

National

WARNING HOLD FOR NETWORK FEATURE. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles with a F-35A fighter jet. Picture: David Caird

Australia on alert in new fight against Russia, China

Australia’s military spending is at ‘record highs’ as the nation deals with threats from Russian and Chinese-based attackers in a different kind of warfare.

National

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 05, 2022: Ben Roberts-Smith leaves the Supreme Court in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Christian Gilles

Shock twist in Roberts-Smith’s defamation case

A surprise development has occurred in war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith’s long-running defamation case against Nine.

Federal Budget

Defence - what's in store for the 2025 budget

Australia’s defence on collision course with Trump’s demands

Australia is on a collision course with US President Donald Trump, with the budget failing to significantly boost defence spending despite increasing threats from China.

ExclusiveHealth

A permanently banned NDIS provider is still caring for a blind, wheelchair bound man in her home whose funding package is worth $360,000 a year.

$360K plan: Banned NDIS provider cares for disabled man

Concerns have been raised over the welfare of a vulnerable man, who is blind, deaf and wheelchair-bound, and is being kept inside a banned NDIS provider’s own home.

UpdatedFederal Election

(FILES) SpaceX, X (formerly known as Twitter, and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on June 16, 2023. Billionaire Elon Musk on ctober 28, 2023 said that his Starlink satellite service would support internet access for

Musk attacks Australia’s NBN

Donald Trump’s right-hand man has taken aim at Australia’s NBN after it was revealed his rival Starlink service could have a role in the Australian federal election.

Victoria

Police raiding a house in Templestowe Lower. Thursday, March 13. 2025. Picture: David Crosling

Police raid Melbourne properties as part of CFMEU probe

Two major Australian Federal Police raids have been executed — in Templestowe Lower and Northcote — as part of an investigation into the scandal-plagued CFMEU.

News

New move to smash crims’ $5b illicit tobacco honeypot

Police will get more money to throw at Australia’s out of control illicit tobacco market, which has fuelled firebombings and daylight executions.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

Foreign criminals are suspected of infiltrating the $44 billion NDIS scheme, raising concerns about taxpayers being ripped off for false invoices and participants becoming victims of standover tactics.

Foreign cartels are ripping off the $44b NDIS

A fraud taskforce has sounded an alarm over the infiltration of foreign cartels in the NDIS. Bikies are also suspected of defrauding the $44 billion dollar scheme.

True Crime

DO NOT USE BEFORE CONTACTING HS PIC DESK *EMBARGO* Screen grabs from Rick Olarenshaw 50th birthday celebration at his alleged strip club in Bali. Source: Facebook

‘We love the sweat’: Inside raunchy brothel linked to AFL star’s ex-wife

An unearthed video has revealed former Essendon premiership player Ricky Olarenshaw boasting to friends inside a Bali brothel as pole dancers performed. See the footage.

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