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Joshua Dale Brown

How childcare providers led police on a wild goose chase for an alleged paedophile

Joshua Brown had been fired from at least three other childcare centres before he was arrested and had glaring errors on his CV, this masthead can reveal.

  • Sherryn Groch, Caroline Schelle and Carla Jaeger

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PNG businessman Wapu Sonk, who led the Pacific Island nation’s bid to join the National Rugby League.

Man who won $600m from Albanese government for PNG rugby league embroiled in corruption scandal

The Australian government’s support was supposed to head off Chinese influence, but the suspect deal would have invited just that.

  • Nick McKenzie and Chris Barrett
ADF abuse claims. 

Our military harbours rapists. Where is the political outrage?

Neither side has much at all to say on the ongoing assaults against women by the very men tasked with assuring our security.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Dr Samantha Crompvoets has interviewed hundreds of female Australian Defence Force members, including those who have been sexually assaulted at work.

‘It was my fault. I forgot to lock the door’: The horrors of being a woman in the ADF

As a doctor of sociology, I have interviewed hundreds of women who have served in the Australian Defence Force, many of whom have experienced sexual trauma at work.

  • Samantha Crompvoets
The former special forces officer is speaking out to help those still serving in the military.
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Attacked twice: Donna Manton's rank did not protect against predators

The former special forces officer is speaking out to help those still serving in the military.

A dream of a career in the military was destroyed in the wake of an alleged sexual assault where her needs came second to the suspect's.
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'Hurts every day': Jordyn Gray never put her uniform on again after attacker escaped punishment

A dream of a career in the military was destroyed in the wake of an alleged sexual assault where her needs came second to the suspect's.

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The ex-soldier has struggled with panic attacks and PTSD after being threatened by a colleague.
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Threatened at knife point: Julia Delaforce's horrific Defence experience

The ex-soldier has struggled with panic attacks and PTSD after being threatened by a colleague.

Three women, each with their own stories about how Defence failed them.

‘Abhorrent, totally unacceptable’: Defence protects its reputation, not women

After being ignored, sidelined and marginalised, women in Australia’s armed forces are speaking up about Defence’s failures to act on sexual violence.

  • Nick McKenzie and Garry McNab
Senior Freemason Travers Gascoigne has served prison after assaulting his girlfriend.

Senior freemason pleads guilty to domestic violence

Freemasons Victoria’s newly promoted Masonic Council member Travers Gascoigne spent time in prison after assaulting his partner on the night of a domestic violence fundraiser.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Chef Pietro Barbagallo faces fresh accusations about his behaviour towards staff and customers.

Harassing staff, haranguing customers: fresh complaints against top chef

Two additional women have accused Kaprica chef Pietro Barbagallo of sexual harassment, as allegations of misconduct from customers and staff mount and the Fair Work Ombudsman conducts inquiries.

  • Charlotte Grieve

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