Long reads that gripped us in 2022
We’ve written more than 8500 long reads in 2022 on the issues and people you want to know more about. These are some of the news features you couldn’t stop reading.
Investigation
Organised crime
Kickboxers, a wig and four armoured vans: The long hunt for the ‘Gym Gang’
For 40 years a group of fit Melbourne gym-goers have been suspected of committing a string of meticulously planned and lucrative robberies. Now for the first time, their full story can be told.
- by John Silvester
Exclusive
NSW residential property
Want a peek inside the Caddick house? You’ll need $10,000 to get in the door
Fraudster Melissa Caddick’s home went up for sale in 2022, see what was on offer for potential buyers.
- by Kate McClymont
‘So many babies, none of them mine’: Not having a child when you dearly want one
Dealing with stereotypes on top of the particular kind of grief that comes from wanting a child and not having one leads to a deep internal reckoning.
- by Sian Prior
Bali bombings hero Fiona Wood: the next frontier in burns treatment
Her spray-on skin made her a household name after the Bali bombings. Today, plastic surgeon Fiona Wood remains at the vanguard of cutting-edge burns treatments.
- by Amanda Hooton
Investigation
Juvenile justice
Isolation. Strip-searches. Rape: Inside a Tasmanian youth detention centre
Alysha was hired to introduce better care to the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania. It took only days for the first shocking incident to show her what was really going on.
- by Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
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Investigation
Charlie Teo, the profit of hope: How neurosurgeon left families with a terrible price to pay
A year-long investigation reveals the devastating impact on families of ultimately futile procedures conducted by the renowned brain surgeon.
- by Kate McClymont and Thea Dikeos
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/national/long-reads-that-gripped-us-in-2022-20221223-p5c8l6.html