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'Extraordinarily unethical behaviour': Top cops savaged over role in Lawyer X scandal Posted October 21, 2019 05:46:13 The current and former Victoria Police commissioners who knew about and authorised the recruitment of Lawyer X may have perverted the course of justice and could face criminal charges, according to the state's former chief crown prosecutor.
Project Dragon and China's attempts to reclaim money from inside Australia
China has recruited the services of former police detectives in Australia and other Western countries to help it recover millions of dollars in alleged "hot money" taken out of the country.
Wastage rules could lead to more horses bred for racing starving in paddocks, RSPCA warns
Updated July 09, 2018 19:06:59 The RSCPA is concerned that rules introduced by racing authorities to address the issue of wastage in horseracing are not dealing with the problem effectively. "Wastage" is a term used to describe horses that are bred for racing that do not make it into the sport, or are lost from the industry when they are no longer useful. Many end up being killed for meat or are left languishing in paddocks.
Horseracing insiders raise questions about Aquanita investigation
Racing Victoria has been accused of not acting soon enough to uncover a recent doping scandal described by a judge as one of the "darkest and longest chapters in Australian turf history". Serious questions have been raised about the investigation process that eventually led to charges.
Adani Australia: Investigation uncovers tax haven ties to British Virgin Islands
Updated October 03, 2017 21:00:28 Photo: Who is Gautam Adani? (Four Corners: Stephen Long) An investigation by the ABC's Four Corners program has uncovered previously unknown tax haven ties for Adani Group's Australian operations, with key assets ultimately owned in the British Virgin Islands.
Adani Carmichael coal mine: Former Indian minister sounds alarm on Adani's track record, mega-mine's viability
Adani Carmichael coal mine: Former Indian minister sounds alarm on Adani's track record, mega-mine's viability Updated October 02, 2017 20:28:56 India's former environment minister Jairam Ramesh is "absolutely appalled" by the Australian Government's approval of the Adani Group's massive coal mine in North Queensland, which he says will threaten the survival of the Great Barrier Reef, "a common heritage of mankind".
Model T Ford and vintage truck complete rugged adventure in Australia's outback
Two vintage vehicles have travelled on roads recommended for four-wheel-drive travel only in an outback trip spanning 4,000 kilometres. The owners of a 1924 Model T Ford and a 1968 Austin truck have just returned from Birdsville, in south-west Queensland. Norm Morgan and his cousin Phil Muir left Mildura, in north-west Victoria, just over a month ago. Mr Morgan said the Model T had held up remarkably well given the challenging terrain. "I never realised they were such a tough unit," he said.
Riderless 'ghost' bike cruises along Paris highway
The mystery behind bizarre footage of a riderless motorcycle cruising down a Parisian highway has been solved. A video, filmed last month and published by French newspaper Le Parisien last week, showed a motorbike riding in the outer lane of the A4 Autoroute near a guardrail, before cruising out of sight of the camera. However, days after releasing the video, Le Parisien interviewed the rider, who was able to shed light on the mystery.
Breaking the Brotherhood
"'Break his camera and break his mouth too!' was the order." Chris Masters, 'The Moonlight State' (1987) It was Queensland, the year was 1987, and the State's police force was riddled with corruption. The brotherhood of crooked cops who gave the green light to illegal gambling and prostitution believed they were untouchable.
Moonlight State: The honest cop who helped blow the whistle on Australia's most corrupt police force
It was an unusual assignment, and Australian Federal Police officer Dave Moore wasn't happy about it. "I had a call to go and visit the assistant commissioner," he recounted. "He asked me to keep a lookout for a bloke by the name of Chris Masters from Four Corners." To Mr Moore, babysitting a journalist was not part of his remit. "I'll be honest, I told [my assistant commissioner] I didn't want to do the job," he said. But an order was an order.
Moonlight State: Fitzgerald Inquiry files reveal inner workings of corrupt web of QLD cops
The code is written in small, precise handwriting. Listed next to each number is a name — they are the names of police officers on the take. The handwriting belongs to Jack Herbert, a former Queensland police officer at the centre of a corrupt web of cops and crooks. Known as "the Bagman", Herbert collected more than $3 million in protection money that allowed illegal gambling and prostitution to flourish in Queensland as part of a racket known as "the Joke".
Breaking the Brotherhood
"'Break his camera and break his mouth too!' was the order." Chris Masters, 'The Moonlight State' (1987) It was Queensland, the year was 1987, and the State's police force was riddled with corruption. The brotherhood of crooked cops who gave the green light to illegal gambling and prostitution believed they were untouchable.
The Forgotten Children
The Forgotten Children: The young refugees stranded on Nauru. They're the human face of Australia's tough border policies - the more than 100 refugee children living on Nauru. "We're not criminals and we're not dangerous. Can you tell us why are we still here?" Child refugee On Monday night Four Corners speaks to children and young people recognised as refugees, released from detention, but trapped in limbo. "When people came here they were patient. No one is patient any more.
Manus Island: 'Pathetic' bureaucratic response blamed for asylum seeker Hamid Khazaei's death
The urgent medical evacuation of a gravely ill asylum seeker from Manus Island was delayed by almost 30 hours partly because a public servant had gone home for the day and did not check his emails until the following morning. That bureaucratic delay is labelled as "pathetic" by Australian Medical Association president Dr Brian Owler on tonight's Four Corners program on ABC TV.
Bad Blood - Four Corners
The Australian Government contract to provide healthcare to detainees has already cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars, but doctors say the medical care provided offshore in Manus Island is dangerously inadequate. "I can think of very few times in recent history where doctors have been so united about a particular issue." Former Government Adviser On Four Corners some of Australia's most senior doctors and medical staff with experience in the offshore detention system are speaking out.
Bad Blood - Four Corners
The Australian Government contract to provide healthcare to detainees has already cost taxpayers more than a billion dollars, but doctors say the medical care provided offshore in Manus Island is dangerously inadequate. "I can think of very few times in recent history where doctors have been so united about a particular issue." Former Government Adviser On Four Corners some of Australia's most senior doctors and medical staff with experience in the offshore detention system are speaking out.
MH17 - Caught in the Crossfire
On 17th July, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was blown out of the sky over Ukraine, killing 298 people. The attack on the aircraft sent shockwaves around the globe, with leaders in Europe and Australia vowing to bring the bodies home and the killers to justice. Two months on, the crash site has not been secured, it's still not certain if all the remains of the victims have been found and the land around the downed plane is the centre of an ongoing war between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists.
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