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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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Police tape stock in Melbourne, Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

City protests drain police resources

POLICE are being forced to close suburban stations or take divisional vans off the road to monitor city protests.

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Signage at AFL House in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, on Thursday, September 21, 2017. (AAP Image/Mal Fairclough) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

AFL club figure in sexual harassment complaint

A SENIOR AFL club figure is under investigation over a sexual harassment complaint.

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Sexual harassment scandal rocks AFL

THE AFL has been hit by a sexual harassment scandal, with a staff member forced out of head office following a string of complaints from female colleagues.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 09: Damian Lane riding Another Coldie defeats John Allen riding Night's Watch in Race 4, Melbourne Cup Carnival Country Final on 2017 Oaks Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Vince Caligiuri/Getty Images)

Gambling ad blitz could blanket Victoria

VICTORIA could be swamped with gambling ads if the government accepts an industry push for low taxes.

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Shane Martin’s wife says he deserves ‘fair go’

DUSTIN Martin’s father, Shane, deserves a “fair go” in his battle to return to Australia to be with his family, his wife says.

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Lauren Brownlee, the girl who was killed by lightening on Sunset Drive, Chirnside Park.

Fatal lightning strike victim was ‘gentle, giving’

A FREAK lightning strike has taken the life of Croydon real estate worker Lauren Brownlee and left her partner Ben Hollow in hospital.

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Mining magnate and Hancock Chairman Gina Rinehart pictured at the Kidman Pastoral property, which on Friday, December 9, 2016, was approved for sale to Australia Outback Beef Ltd (AOB).AOB is a joint venture company headed and owned 67% by Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (Hancock) and 33% by Shanghai CRED Real Estate Stock Co Ltd (Shanghai CRED).

$21b Gina Rinehart in tax cut call

MINING magnate Gina Rinehart says Australia risks falling behind unless there is urgent action to cut tax and red tape.

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A heavily preganant woman is sat in her home bedroom. She is dressed in comfortable clothes, holding her baby bump.

Basic baby health cover ‘a must’

THE AMA says Australia’s high level of unplanned pregnancies makes it ridiculous that health insurance pregnancy cover must be preplanned.

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Vince Colosimo outside Melbourne Magistrates Court. Picture: Josie Hayden

Colosimo returns amid legal woes

EMBATTLED actor Vince Colosimo is returning to TV screens, taking up a role in a new SBS crime drama as he continues to fight his own court battles.

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Shannon Bennett at Burnham Beeches estate that he wants to turn into a posh hotel if he gets the planning permission. Story below SHANNON Bennett says his $40 million development of this historic Burnham Beeches property in the Dandenongs

Fresh hope for top chef’s hotel plans

CELEBRITY chef Shannon Bennett says he is confident his $40 million development of the historic Burnham Beeches property in the Dandenongs will happen.

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