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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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Crime in Focus

Jonathan Grieves-Smith, Chorus Master, MSO Chorus, Arts, Play

Australian muso jailed for child sex crimes

A former choirmaster of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will spend 24 years behind bars after he was convicted for the systematic sexual abuse of a girl her met when she was just five years old.

Crime in Focus

MH17: Aussies slam Russian spy’s shock admission

A former spy’s admission that Russia has “moral responsibility” for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is too little, too late, family members of Australian victims say.

World

Phoenix Netts, 28, was murdered in the UK, with her family saying they were devastated.Picture: Supplied

Woman chopped in half and shoved in suitcases

The first picture has emerged of the 28-year-old victim of a gruesome murder that has shocked Britons.

Royals

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 19, 2020 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves after a visit to open the new premises of the Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital in central London. - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her birthday discreetly next week, without the traditional salutes of honour, which she considers "inappropriate" in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 14,000 people in the United Kingdom, said a source from the Buckingham Palace at AFP. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Queen set to take $33m financial hit

Even the royal family isn’t immune to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, with the lockdown threatening to blow a $33 million hole in the Queen’s finances.

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Victoria Police, Feb 21, 2020, "Two men charged as part of port investigation: Firearms, steroids, cash and a taser seized. Those working within the Victorian Maritime industry can expect to see Taskforce Trident members around the docks on a regular basis. More Link symbolhttp://bit.ly/32b4Yje" Picture: @VictoriaPolice/TwitterSource: https://twitter.com/VictoriaPolice/status/1230707518269087747/photo/1

Italian Mafia ‘embedded’ on Aussie docks

Crooked staff with connections to the Italian mafia and other organised crime groups have infiltrated Australia’s wharves, an explosive report claims.

World

Kylie Moore-Gilbert who is currently detained in Iran.

Inside horror jail where Aussie academic is held

A former prisoner of the Iranian jail where Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is being held has given an insight into its shocking conditions.

World

A man wearing PPE (personal protective equipment), including a face mask as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, cycles along Embankment, backdropped by the skyscrapers and office buildings of the City of London, on May 13, 2020, as people start to return to work after COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased. - Britain's economy shrank two percent in the first three months of the year, rocked by the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Wednesday, with analysts predicting even worse to come. Prime Minister Boris Johnson began this week to relax some of lockdown measures in order to help the economy, despite the rising death toll, but he has also stressed that great caution is needed. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Weary Brits on their bikes as lockdown drags on

Coronavirus restrictions have eased in the UK but that has done little to allay fears of those on a continent stricken by the deadly disease, that is except for a hearty few.

Royals

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex wave from the Ascot Landau Carriage during their carriage procession on the Long Walk as they head back towards Windsor Castle in Windsor, on May 19, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

How Meghan and Harry changed The Firm

Two years on from their wedding, Harry and Meghan are royal escapees, living in exile in Beverly Hills. Take a look back at how it has come to this.

Cricket

Aaron Finch and David Warner during Australia training at the SCG ahead of the their ODI series v New Zealand. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Poms pulling out all stops to lure Aussies

Despite the UK’s bleak coronavirus battle, plans have been drawn up to delay rather than cancel Australia’s proposed white ball tour, with August or September the likely revised schedule.

Essendon

What’s keeping McKenna at Essendon

Conor McKenna has made no secret of his desire to return home to Ireland and win a Gaelic football title, but he still has a few years left in the AFL as he outlines his goals at Essendon.

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