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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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‘My house is seized’: Aussie in Bali court over poolside ‘slap’

In the latest case of Aussies being hauled before Bali’s courts, a father who allegedly slapped a German woman at a $950 a night resort is fighting his assault charge.

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News Network web art: Melbourne Rebels boss.

Ex-Melb Rebels boss dealt double blow

Paul Docherty, who once ran a prominent rugby union club, has been dealt two major financial blows as he remains locked in a $30 million court fight.

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO NEWS.COM, NO AUS, MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. A machete wielding man

‘Slashing me’: Victim tells of horror attack in NDIS group home

Thugs carrying a machete and a shotgun attacked a man in an NDIS group home, with the victim fearing he was “going to die”.

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Ricky Olarenshaw estranged wife Saranitha has been released from a Bali prison after serving 7 months for running a brothel. Supplied

AFL star’s brothel ex freed in Bali

AFL star Ricky Olarenshaw’s estranged wife, who was jailed for running a brothel in Bali, has tasted freedom for the first time in seven months. But now she faces another battle, to see her kids.

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Former Essendon star Ricky Olarenshaw and his ex-wife Sarnanitha have been engulfed by a sex crime scandal in Bali. Source: Facebook

‘I want to see my kids’: AFL star’s ex to walk free in Bali

The estranged wife of former AFL star Ricky Olarenshaw is due to walk free from a Bali jail after serving her sentence for running a brothel.

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ENGELS, RUSSIA - AUGUST 7: (RUSSIA OUT) A Tu-95 bomber aircraft takes off for a night patrol flies out of Engels-2 airbase on August 7, 2008 in Engels, Russia. Engels-2 (Zngyelse), a strategic air base in Russia located 14 kilometres east of Saratov and approximately 700 kilometres southeast of Moscow, is Russia's sole operating location for the Tu-160 Blackjack other wise referred to as the 'White Swan'. US-Latin American relations were tested in a week when the landing of two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers in Venezuela was supported by statements from Venezuelan president Victor Chavez claiming that the arrival heralded the strengthening of military relationships with Russia and a response to the regional influence of the United States. (Photo by Wojtek Laski/Getty Images)

‘Hit Darwin within 90 minutes’: Defence expert’s grim warning

Former defence secretary Mike Pezzullo has sounded the alarm about Russia’s real reasons for trying to get a foothold in Indonesia’s military base.

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Tony Mokbel leaves the Court of Appeal in Melbourne after being granted bail. Friday, April 4, 2025. Picture: David Crosling

Mokbel bookie sues over $100m Ponzi scheme

A new victim has emerged in a suburban solicitor’s $100m Ponzi scheme that claimed the cash of AFL and racing heavyweights.

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The Princess Royal arrives for the 'Spirit of Place' ceremony and dawn memorial service at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Picture date: Friday April 25, 2025. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)

Princess Anne joins Aussies in Gallipoli

Princess Anne has layed a wreath at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli where the largest crowd of Australians in five years has attended a dawn service. Follow updates.

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HOLD FOR NETWORK ANZAC DAY.Navy, Air Force and Army cadets at sunset for ANZAC Day feature.Navy CadetsAble Seaman Christian GorgioskiAble Seaman Angela Wu Army CadetsCDTWO2 Toby DabelsteinCDTWO1 Juliana PargaAirforce CadetsCUO Abigael DonoghueCUO Gurteg SinghPicture: David Caird

‘Protecting us’: Aussie teens’ special Anzac mission

The Anzac tradition is not lost on more than 30,000 Army, Navy and Air Force cadets as they prepare to play a significant role on April 25.

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Labor slams Dutton’s ‘pathetic whimper’ amid grim China warning

Deputy Premier Minister Richard Marles has blasted Peter Dutton’s pledge to pour $21bn into defence as a “pathetic whimper”.

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