Drugs
Donna Nelson finally to face trial in Japan
The 58-year-old was on the trip of a lifetime in January 2023, about to meet her love interest after chatting online via the dating site AfroIntroductions when she was arrested.
- by Jamie Freestone
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Investigation
Crime
Sex abuse, drugs and predatory ‘gurus’: The dark side of a booming wellness trend
Deborah Sarah was groomed, given powerful psychedelics and sexually abused during what were meant to be healing sessions for her sexual trauma.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Opinion
Chris Minns
As sure as gay marriage, private cannabis use will not be a crime
It won’t happen in this term of the NSW government, but reform is inevitable.
- by Stephen Lawrence
Shock parole decision in Samantha Barlow case
Police sergeant Samantha Barlow was repeatedly bashed in the head with a brick and left for dead while she walked through Kings Cross on her way to work.
- by Perry Duffin
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Crime
The mortgage broker, his son and 50kg of cocaine: Text messages bring down alleged drug importation
Northern beaches mortgage broker Keenan Mickley was on top of the world. It was not to last.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Opinion
Opinion
Drug-driving rates are soaring, but it’s not just down to extra testing
Remember the ad campaign, “If you drink then drive, you’re a bloody idiot”? It’s time to think about a drug-driving campaign.
- by Milad Haghani
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Crime
The lavish lifestyle and stunning downfall of an eastern suburbs high-flyer
He was the son of a Liberal Party blueblood whose extravagance caught the attention of authorities.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Victoria may end automatic licence loss for drivers testing positive for cannabis
Advocates and patients say it’s time the law was modernised to reflect the use of medicinal cannabis.
- by Broede Carmody and Clay Lucas
‘The stigma that will come with sharing this – I don’t care’: Jackie O opens up
She’s the better half of the Kyle and Jackie O radio show. She’s also a recovering addict: a fact she kept close to her chest until this week.
- by Konrad Marshall
Magazine
Good Weekend
The October 26 Edition
Alan, Albo & the Qantas gravy plane | Jackie O: addiction, rehab & what Kyle’s really like | A GP’s ‘very good’ advice to Ross Garnaut | Spring-racing fashion
This organisation has shaped WA lives for 120 years. Heard any of these names?
Once West Australians could legally drink anywhere from the front line of war to before hopping in the car to drive home. One WA group stopped all that – but it didn’t stop there.
- by Merinda March
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