Roger Rogerson
Two legendary crime reporters sit down at a notorious pub. The chat quickly turned to Roger Rogerson
Sent to talk to the father of the victim of a police shooting, Neil Mercer came back with a story that would change his life.
- by Kate McClymont
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Pub baron, disgraced NRL chief front Roger Rogerson’s memorial
Arthur Laundy, of the hotel empire fame, and Gary McIntyre, former president of the Canterbury Bulldogs, were among guests at a secret memorial for the killer cop.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
‘He was not born bad’: How Roger Rogerson became Australia’s most corrupt cop
Roger Rogerson started out as a “brilliant cadet”, but the system he joined was riddled with corruption.
- by Patrick Begley and Carrie Fellner
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Crime
Did Roger Rogerson poison my dog? Dunno, but I did ask him curly questions
A colleague warned me not to ask Roger Rogerson about his killing of Warren Lanfranchi, but I could hardly dwell on his new stand-up comedy career.
- by Julia Baird
Liberal party all talk and no action on tax cuts
Surely if the Liberal Party is being fair dinkum about cost-of-living pressures then Dutton and Taylor should be calling for the stage three tax cuts to be dropped. If they remain mute, they bear the responsibility for any cost of living and inflationary pressures that occur.
Getting away with murder: Kate McClymont on her run-in with Australia’s most corrupt cop
Samantha Selinger-Morris, the host of Please Explain, sits down with the Herald’s chief investigative reporter Kate McClymont to discuss the life and times of corrupt cop Roger Rogerson.
‘It looked like suicide, but it wasn’t’: How many killings did ‘Artful Dodger’ cop Rogerson actually get away with?
One of Australia’s most crooked cops left a trail of bloodshed in his wake. But how many people did Roger Rogerson actually kill?
- by Carrie Fellner
Labor must heed the people’s voice on council break-ups
Democracy and true local government were and still are rejected by the two old parties, Labor and Liberal, because it suits their hold on power. Labor’s refusal to honour 62.5 per cent of the inner west voters will be seen for what it is – a betrayal of democracy.
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Corrupt policeman Roger Rogerson a relic of a tainted time
The death of Roger Rogerson draws the curtain on a shameful period when corruption seemed to be the middle name of the NSW Police.
- The Herald's View
Playing Roger Rogerson on screen, Richard Roxburgh found a way to master his steely gaze
Roxburgh won enormous praise for his portrayal of the corrupt policeman in the 1995 miniseries Blue Murder and its 2017 sequel. Here’s how he found his character’s greatest weapon.
- by Karl Quinn
Revered then reviled, Roger Rogerson’s extraordinary life laid bare
He will be remembered as the man who epitomised corruption and all that was wrong in NSW Police.
- by Neil Mercer
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