James Madden

James Madden has worked for The Australian for over 20 years. As a reporter, he covered courts, crime and politics in Sydney and Melbourne. James was previously Sydney chief of staff, deputy national chief of staff and national chief of staff, and was appointed media editor in 2021.

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The Nation

Science is in on sea-level rise: 1.7mm

SEA levels on Australia’s eastern seaboard are rising at less than a third of the rate that the NSW government is predicting.

Drew Warne-Smith and James Madden

The Nation

Government appeals Dragan ruling

A HIGH Court appeal will be lodged today against the decision to block the extradition of an Australian accused of war crimes.

UPDATED: Michael Pelly and James Madden

Legal Affairs

War crimes accused wins his appeal

AN Australian accused of brutal war crimes when he led a Serbian paramilitary unit in the early 1990s is set to be released from a Sydney prison tomorrow after the Federal Court upheld his appeal against extradition to Croatia.

James Madden

News

Captain Dragan wins extradition appeal

AN AUSTRALIAN man accused of brutal war crimes in the Balkans in the early 1990s is set to be released from a Sydney prison.

James Madden

The Nation

Dragan denies claims of torture

ACCUSED war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic has denied raping, torturing and beating non-Serbs during his time as a military leader in the Balkans, and insisted that he did not tolerate any violent misconduct towards prisoners of war from the dozens of soldiers under his command.

James Madden

News

Dragan a ‘hero’, not war criminal

DRAGAN Vasiljkovic has described himself as a “hero” and denied involvement in the murder and torture of war prisoners in the Balkans.

James Madden

Inquirer

Lawsuit exhumes ugly past

A DEFAMATION hearing is shaping as a de facto Balkans war crimes trial.

James Madden

News

Accused war criminal ‘savaged PoW’

A FORMER prisoner of war has told a Sydney court that accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic savagely beat him in a Croatian prison.

James Madden

The Nation

No proof of war crimes: bishop

THE head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia yesterday described accused war criminal Dragan Vasiljkovic as “an honest humanitarian” and said there was a lack of evidence to support claims that the ex-soldier was involved in criminal behaviour.

James Madden

The Nation

Singer’s ability to connect leads to decorated career

SINGER-songwriter Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu won many accolades – including three ARIA awards – with the release last year of his debut album.

James Madden

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