Naked City
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The DNA detectives taking on the grim reality of Ukraine’s war
Their code is “everyone has the right to a dignified life, everyone has the right to a dignified death”. And they are using ingenious ways to identify bodies, and bring closure to families.
- John Silvester
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- Victoria Police
How the government ended the career of another top cop
Last year, former deputy commissioner Ross Guenther outlined to John Silvester his ideas for the justice system. “The state government took it as an attack,” writes Silvester, “and did everything it could to try to end the career of a good man”.
- John Silvester
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Week of the long knives. What Neil Paterson’s farewell letter really tells us
The state government is conducting an apparent purge of the top ranks of Victoria Police, and it’s exposing the advice the government has long ignored.
- John Silvester
Former Victoria Police deputy commissioner Ross Guenther farewelled
Former Victoria Police deputy commissioner Ross Guenther is farewelled on his last day.
- Analysis
- Analysis
Shane Patton was never the problem – refusal to take his advice was
The decision to remove Victoria’s police chief commissioner smacks of panic, scapegoating and a government in a death spiral.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
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The ballad of Samantha Kerr
This case is the biggest attack on an Australian sports star from the mother country since Bodyline.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
- Analysis
Ten underworld hits that shook Melbourne
The slaying of Sam “The Punisher” Abdulrahim is the latest in a long list of killings that are as Melbourne as laneway graffiti.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
- Crime
Dead man walking: Why ‘The Punisher’ refused to go into hiding
Sam Abdulrahim remained an eternal optimist despite his demise being in no doubt. It was only the location and timing that would need to be filled in on his death certificate.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
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The A to Z of crime, 2024 style
From the torching of tobacco stores to High Country killings, mushroom mysteries and cold cases solved: John Silvester reviews the year in crime.
- John Silvester
- Analysis
- Analysis
Finger-pointing and blame: The ugly attempts to gain votes from a terror event
For some reason, the most urgent issue after the Ripponlea synagogue firebombing was to declare a terrorist attack, even before investigators finished examining the crime scene.
- John Silvester
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