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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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True Crime

Michael Griffey Murder cold case...Gillian Gould reported Michael Griffey missing. They had been together for five years before he was murdered, while he was still married to Diane Griffey.

Murdered millionaire Michael Griffey ‘had secret will’

NEW claims have emerged about the murder of Pakenham businessman Michael Griffey, including suggestions he was writing a new will, and planned to divorce his wife, before he was killed.

Law & Order

Cold case murder victim Rodney James Mitchell.Rod Mitchell. Rodney Mitchell. Murder.

Man charged in 1983 murder breakthrough

A 35-YEAR-OLD lovers’ lane alleged murder mystery has been cracked open, with a man charged over the Rowville death of Rodney Mitchell in 1983.

VIC News

AFL show apologises over live TV ‘Cox’ joke

A SEXUALLY charged double entendre aimed at award-winning football journalist Sam Lane has prompted an apology after the joke “overstepped the mark” and bombed on live television.

VIC News

Former Bandido club enforcer Toby Mitchell arrives at Melbourne Magistrates Court, Melbourne, Thursday, March 15, 2018. Mitchell is charged with affray, intentionally causing injury and assault following an alleged incident at Southbank in December. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Ex-bikie Mitchell’s dashing dinner date

FORMER bikie Toby Mitchell was part of a group who left without paying a $2600 dinner bill at Vue De Monde, after another diner threw a glass against a window and argued with staff. WATCH THE VIDEO

VIC News

World class Chef Shannon Bennett at his restaurant Vue de Monde in Melbourne. Picture: Tony Gough

Celebrity chef slams underpay rip-off claims

MASTERCHEF star Shannon Bennett has hit back at claims he has underpaid staff and ripped off suppliers, saying he is speaking out now because the attacks are hurting his staff.

VIC News

Premier Daniel Andrews is joined by Creative Industries Minister Martin Foley (not pictured) to announce the MEL & NYC Festival to co-inside with the National Gallery of Victoria's Winter Masterpieces exhibition MoMA at The NGV: 130 years of Modern and Contemporary Art. Thursday, May 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Joe Castro) NO ARCHIVING

Business group slams plan to jail bosses

A RADICAL Labor plan to jail bosses who underpay staff would cost jobs, according to a key business group.

AFL News

New Lyon bar altercation claim rocks Dockers

FREMANTLE has referred a second complaint to the AFL’s integrity unit after an alleged altercation involving senior coach Ross Lyon at a Fremantle bar. Today the AFL responded.

AFL News

Secret tape in Freo sex scandal emerges

A SECRET tape recording taken on the night Dockers coach Ross Lyon allegedly harassed a young office worker has emerged at the centre of the Fremantle sex scandal.

Fiona Byrne

Bomber Thai twist: Mark and I are so in love

BOMBER Thompson’s bizarre relationship with a deported Thai national has been revealed — with the woman speaking for the first time about their close bond.

ExclusiveAFL News

What did Ross Lyon say? Sources reveal alleged crude remarks

THE woman at the centre of the Fremantle sex harassment scandal has been left “completely humiliated” by the AFL’s handling of the saga, as fresh questions emerge about its investigation.

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