Toxic waste clean-up order
THE Port Macquarie company accused of dumping toxic waste on the banks of the town’s river has been ordered to clean up the site.
Investigations
More projects hit by union spying fury
UNION anger over spying at a Victorian desalination project has spread, with 300 workers walking off the job at two Melbourne construction sites.
Toxic waste ‘spread on roads’
A FORMER nightwatchman at the Port Macquarie company accused of dumping contaminated waste claims he saw the material spread on roads.
‘Privacy breaches’ at desal plant
PRIVACY breaches took place during a covert anti-union operation at Victoria’s largest infrastructure project.
Oakeshott referred to corruption watchdog
INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott’s intervention in an Environment Department investigation will be referred to the NSW anti-corruption agency.
Oakeshott ‘intervened’ in dumping case
ROB Oakeshott intervened in a government investigation on behalf of a campaign donor accused of dumping thousands of tonnes of contaminated waste.
Nauru instability ‘Aussie phosphate plot’
AN AUSTRALIAN company is accused by the President of Nauru of waging a corrupt campaign to win control of the nation’s phosphate industry.
New investigations team
THE Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell and editor Paul Whittaker announce the formation of a national investigations team.
Solution isn’t rocket science
THERE are slivers of common sense in the dense report of the Prime Minister’s task group on energy efficiency.
Energy-efficiency weather data 30 years old
THE weather data used by government to determine how billions of dollars are spent to make buildings energy-efficient is 30 years out of date.
Agencies tapped for misuse of powers
TELEPHONE surveillance is more widely used and abused than ever.
Livewires hamper effective intercepts
LAW enforcement agencies are giving criminals and corrupt police a headstart.
Church payout, but cops unaware
THE Catholic Church’s sex abuse commission, set up by George Pell, apologised and discretely paid thousands.
Danger in the air for mining town’s children
REPORTS of lead poisoning in Mount Isa reveal an astounding lack of action on all sides.
The toll lead takes on Mt Isa’s infants
AN international expert has found some children in Mount Isa are suffering from brain damage and retardation caused by prolonged lead exposure.
Reporter’s years of living dangerously
IT was somewhere on the outskirts of Gardez, in eastern Afghanistan, that I realised just how much the Michael Ware I knew had changed.
Energy ratings come under fire
ENERGY assessors want the federal government to take responsibility for the management and development of discredited software tools.
Child poisoned every 9 days in mine town
A CHILD develops lead poisoning every nine days in the northwest Queensland mining town of Mount Isa, claims a new study.
Software glitch undermines green houses
THE efficiency of Australian homes built to cut greenhouse emissions is in question due to errors in software that performs the calculations.
Rough justice on the inside
IT was a ripping tale of murder, bent cops and a male prostitute with a taste for human blood.
How Overland dodged a bullet
PHONE taps, enmities and a murder probe put Victoria Police in the spotlight.
Overland’s role in aborted murder probe
SIMON Overland divulged intelligence from a phone tap, unwittingly triggering the collapse of a murder investigation.
Frugal crime-fighting agency gets makeover
THE nation’s top crime-fighting agency has cut back on investigators while spending hundreds of thousands on optional extras.
Mystery of Mermaid Beach
THERE are claims one of the nation’s most expensive addresses is home to a scam.
Police probe bogus house prices
AN elaborate scheme ratcheted up the prices of some of Australia’s most coveted beachfront properties.
Captain Dragan left high and dry
ON the run and accused of war crimes, Dragan Vasiljkovic was hardly in hiding.
Tough Mullett takes aim
Former Victoria Police union chief Paul Mullett says he was a political target
Watchdog a law unto itself
VICTORIA’S Office of Police Integrity seems to have stepped well over the mark in investigating senior police.
People-smuggling captain to get his vessel back
INDONESIAN authorities say a notorious trafficker can reclaim his boat on proof of ownership.
Mean streets
Gang violence is threatening to ruin the chance for peace and prosperity in East Timor
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