CFMEU scrambles security to headquarters after threats against officials

Administrators of the CFMEU are responding to warnings that violent bikies and crime figures ostracised from the union are turning on remaining organisers.

• November 19, 2024
• by Nick McKenzie

The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers

Using the world’s biggest search platform to find information on scams can deliver victims straight into the arms of criminals.

• November 18, 2024
• by Aisha Dow and Charlotte Grieve

‘Psychopaths are the best’: Confessions from inside the scam industry

From marketing and retention to catastrophe and recovery, the life cycle of the scam industry is breathtakingly cruel and strikingly consistent.

• November 17, 2024
• by Aisha Dow

‘Like Handmaid’s Tale’: Church’s doctrine pushed teen to marry her rapist

Racism, misogyny and homophobia: this is the gospel taught in one of Australia’s most extreme Pentecostal church networks.

• November 1, 2024
• by Richard Baker

‘Whole world on fire’: Inside one of Australia’s most extreme churches

Leaked recordings and testimony from former members have revealed how this Pentecostal church operates.

• October 31, 2024
• by Richard Baker

Australia’s biggest medicinal cannabis company launches legal action over news story

Montu is demanding The Age take down a story about its contentious customer referral system and reveal the sources behind it.

• October 28, 2024
• by Liam Mannix

Billionaire’s ‘bullying, intimidation’ made WiseTech unbearable, claims top director

Christine Holman, who has worked at some of Australia’s biggest companies, says she was not prepared to put up with Richard White’s behaviour so she quit.

• October 24, 2024
• by Nick McKenzie, Max Mason and Kate McClymont

‘The LinkedIn Lecher’: Billionaire’s controversial approaches, board concerns revealed

More women have come forward with claims about rich-lister Richard White’s behaviour as the role of his company’s board is exposed.

• October 21, 2024
• by Nick McKenzie, Kate McClymont and Max Mason

Cannabis Inc: Biggest player’s legal battle shapes as boom industry’s turning point

Montu’s legal battle with the TGA exposes the high stakes in Australia’s booming medicinal cannabis industry, where ethics, advertising, and profits collide.

• October 20, 2024
• by Clay Lucas

Celebrating 170 years of The Age

We’ve been asking the questions you want answered since 1854. In this collection, we reflect on the tradition of courageous journalism as we look to the future.