Crime
Brother of NRL star Payne Haas charged with drug trafficking
The brother of the Brisbane Broncos star has been charged with drug trafficking after police seized 1.8kg of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $1 million.
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Domestic violence
The one change quietly lifting domestic violence convictions in NSW
Domestic violence has been a stubbornly difficult crime to police and prosecute, but one change in NSW laws has increased convictions.
- by Perry Duffin
Perth magician allegedly ‘hypnotised’ young boys to comply with sexual abuse
Dewald Venter, 29, denies 33 allegations of child abuse against four teenagers between 2011 and 2016.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘Not your case’: Sexual assault survivors speak of hope and hostility pursuing justice
A landmark study into the NSW justice system reveals sexual assault survivors, in their own words, facing doubts and barriers on the road to justice.
- by Perry Duffin
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Investigation
Woman accuses Chris Dawson’s brother Paul of underage sex
Paul Dawson, the twin brother of convicted murderer and child sex offender Chris Dawson, has been accused of having sex with a student in the 1980s.
- by Tom Steinfort, Sheree Gibson and Perry Duffin
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A-League Men
Police claim A-League security watch game not crowd, ‘ineffective’ checking bags
Documents reveal Victoria Police had a low opinion of security arrangements at AAMI Park stadium even after last summer’s pitch invasion.
- by Chris Vedelago
Manhunt under way after strip club triple-stabbing in CBD
Three men have been stabbed and two remain on the run after a fight erupted in the bathroom of a Melbourne CBD strip club.
- by Callum Godde and Chris Vedelago
Within 10 minutes, $20,000 was cashed in and out of two pokie games without a single stroke of play
Liquor and Gaming investigators were starting to uncover the extent of money laundering through poker machines in NSW. But, suddenly, they stopped.
- by Harriet Alexander
The secret high-tech ways supermarkets are watching you
Retail theft is on the rise, leading supermarkets to invest in tools incorporating artificial intelligence, surveillance tags and trolley locking technology.
- by Amber Schultz
DNA twist as Sydney mum linked to body behind concrete wall in Brisbane
“It was really, really intense ... my mum was a DNA match, and so was I, and so was my sister.”
- by Cloe Read
The criminal understatement in John Silvester’s biography
After 44 years covering Melbourne’s dark underbelly, The Age’s unparalleled crime columnist has not lost a milligram of sensitivity, wit or ability.
- by Patrick Elligett