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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’
Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.
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[Link] Former political staffer accused of three counts of rape committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court
Read: 1/3/2022 www.abc.net.au
Alexander Matters, who is aged in his 20s, was sacked from the office of federal Labor MP David Smith after he was arrested on two charges of rape last year. Police began investigating in August when a woman went to police with a complaint about an incident that allegedly occurred in April.
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[Link] Zachary Rolfe trial: no ‘reasonable’ grounds for shooting Kumanjayi Walker second and third time, court hears
Read: 1/3/2022 www.theguardian.com
Police officer Zachary Rolfe did not have “reasonable” grounds to shoot Kumanjayi Walker a second and third time, and the second and third shots provided no tactical advantage in the attempted arrest of the Aboriginal man, a former Northern Territory police defensive tactics trainer told Rolfe
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[Link] Roberts-Smith pressured me to lie about his affair, estranged wife tells court
Read: 14/2/2022 www.smh.com.au
The estranged wife of war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has told the Federal Court she discovered her husband was having an affair when his girlfriend turned up at the couple’s Sunshine Coast home with a black eye and told her she had been pregnant with his child.
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[Link] Cleo Smith's alleged abductor due back in court amid fresh charge of assaulting police officer
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
The man accused of abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith is due back in court today in the WA town of Carnarvon and will, for the first time, also face a charge of assaulting a police officer.
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[Link] Five arrested after shots fired while cars 'chased each other' in peak-hour Adelaide traffic
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Four men and a woman have been arrested over several incidents in Adelaide's north in which shots were fired, including between cars. Firearms including a gel blaster were seized by police, who believe the incidents are linked.
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[Link] 'I talk to 20 Australians a day': Meet Frank, his job is to scam you
Read: 8/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
If you answer your phone and Frank* is on the other end of the line, he'll keep you talking for as long as he can. And Frank has already done his homework before calling you in Australia.
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[Link] Operation Ironside nets 18 more suspects as police seize guns and drugs
Read: 2/12/2021 www.abc.net.au
Another 18 men have been arrested in South Australia as part of ongoing Operation Ironside investigations, including two who have been charged with false imprisonment.
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[Link] Man charged over string of historical sexual assaults in inner-west Sydney
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 15 years after “the inner-west rapist” terrified Sydney, attacking women in their own homes, a DNA breakthrough has led to a man being charged. NSW police arrested a 51-year-old man at dawn in Panania, in Sydney’s south on Monday and charged him with four historical sexual assaults.
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[Link] Police officer who reported off-duty colleague for taking a gun to a school guilty of public mischief
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Sydney highway patrol officer has been found guilty of public mischief after anonymously reporting an off-duty colleague was at a primary school with a gun.
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[Link] NSW laws criminalising secret recordings of animal cruelty ‘too great a burden on speech’, high court hears
Read: 26/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Laws criminalising the use of secretly recorded vision of animal cruelty and abuse are posing “too great a burden on speech”, animal rights activists have told the high court.
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[Link] Alleged mini meth lab and firearms discovered in PNG hotel, but Australian manager won't face drug charges
Read: 25/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Papua New Guinea police say outdated drug laws have left them unable to lay drug charges against the Australian manager of a Port Moresby hotel where an alleged clandestine meth lab and illegal firearms were discovered.
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[Link] Court blocks bid to release secret Ben Roberts-Smith report
Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, Federal Capital Press and Fairfax Media, which reported serious allegations against him, including multiple unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.
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[Link] 'Implausible' that father tripped and fell on daughter while sweeping floor
Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
An Adelaide man has been found guilty of recklessly causing harm to his newborn baby by violently shaking her. WARNING: This story contains graphic content that readers may find distressing.
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[Link] This is what we know about William Tyrrell case
Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
For seven years, the case of the missing boy dressed in a Spider-Man costume has confounded the state's top detectives. Three-year-old William Tyrrell appeared to have vanished without a trace from his foster grandmother's house at Kendall on the NSW Mid-North Coast.
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[Link] Darwin shooter left without lawyers after sacking expert legal team
Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Confessed killer Benjamin Hoffmann could be left to represent himself when he is sentenced over the killing of four men in 2019, after his high-profile legal team withdrew their services.
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[Link] Thick blue line: Victoria builds the country’s biggest police force
Read: 14/11/2021 www.theage.com.au
Victoria has become one of the most heavily policed states in Australia after a two decade-long law and order rivalry between the ALP and Coalition helped build the country’s largest law enforcement organisation.
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[Link] SA Ambulance Service patients' personal information stolen
Read: 11/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The SA Ambulance Service says the personal details of 28,000 patients have been stolen but there is no indication they have been misused. The patient records are linked to about 32,000 ambulance call-outs between 2000 and 2003.
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[Link] The weight of a nation's relief hangs heavily on Cleo and her family
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The one anxiously peering from the gate as your child freewheels away on their bike, just as they should. You remind yourself of the entire days you spent as a child away from your home, so far from your parents' view.
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[Link] Adelaide father-of-three Joshua Luke Matheson handed five-year jail term over $500k tax fraud
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
An Adelaide man who made up employers and income to defraud the Australian Tax Office out of half a million dollars has been jailed for five years. Joshua Luke Matheson, 34, was found guilty by a jury of dishonestly obtaining and attempting to dishonestly obtain a financial advantage by deception.
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[Link] Tasmania shooting: two men dead and woman in hospital
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Two men have died and a woman is in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds at a Tasmanian house with two children inside. Police were called to a property on William Street in Devonport after reports of shots fired about 1am on Saturday.
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[Link] Police try to identify flare-wielding protesters
Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Police are trying to identify three people involved in the setting off of flares at an anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne on Saturday.
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[Link] Ex-Labor staffer accused of child sex offences claims to have 'no interest in children'
Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Benjamin John Waters pleaded guilty to accessing and transmitting child abuse material using a carriage service in January 2021, as well as two counts of possessing child exploitation material in March 2021, including images and videos of children under the age of 14.
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[Link] Alleged stalker arrested and charged over sexual assaults
Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
SA Police have arrested a 35-year-old man and charged him with seven counts of stalking as well as rape and unlawful sexual intercourse. It is alleged the crimes occurred across the Adelaide metro area and that, on most occasions, he approached and met victims through online platforms.
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[Link] 'Sovereign citizen' posts video after failing to appear in court on firearms offences
Read: 2/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Solange Goodes, 42, was arrested at her farm in Sandy Creek earlier this year, after police allege she threatened them when they came to the property to check if registered guns were properly secured.
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[Link] Federal police confiscate largest ever haul of ill-gotten cryptocurrency
Read: 31/10/2021 www.smh.com.au
The federal government has netted its largest ever haul of ill-gotten cryptocurrency and will redistribute the $1.2 million to law enforcement and community safety programs.
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[Link] Truck driver accused of spitting on and assaulting police at border checkpoint refused bail
Read: 21/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Brendan J Moore, 57, faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with assaulting a police officer and another worker, and resisting police.
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[Link] Father and Son Gunned Down in Broad Daylight in ‘Gangland’ Shooting
Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com
Eighteen-year-old Salim Hamze was already dead by the time authorities arrived at the scene on Thursday morning, following multiple reports of what sounded like gunshots in an otherwise quiet western Sydney street. His father, Toufik, was slumped over in the utility truck beside him.
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[Link] Massage parlour operators who threatened to kill families of underpaid staff breached workplace laws, court finds
Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Federal Court has found the former operators of a Canberra massage business breached workplace laws by underpaying their staff and threatening to have their families in the Philippines killed if they complained.
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[Link] Queensland MP's son charged over child exploitation material
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The son of a Queensland politician has been denied bail after being charged with possessing child exploitation material while on probation. Daniel Knuth, 24, is the son of Shane Knuth, the Katter's Australian Party state member for Hill.
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[Link] Adelaide paedophile to plead guilty to 142 more offences
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The lawyer for an HIV-positive paedophile who talked about infecting children with the virus has told an Adelaide court his client will admit to committing almost 180 child exploitation crimes.
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[Link] Historic Drug Bust Found 450 Kilograms of Heroin Among Ceramic Tiles
Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com
The heroin, which was believed to be worth at least $140 million, was hidden among ceramic tiles that were being transported in an industrial shipping container addressed to a Melbourne business, border officers confirmed on Saturday.
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[Link] ‘It needs more work’: Liberal MPs call for tougher federal integrity commission
Read: 17/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
A growing number of Liberal MPs are pushing for the government to toughen up its proposed federal integrity commission, amid criticism from the crossbench and experts that the draft bill is too weak.
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[Link] Organised crime going undetected, says AFP, as Australian hits US ‘most wanted’ list
Read: 17/10/2021 www.smh.com.au
A top security official has warned that 90 per cent of Australia’s organised crime groups are operating with relative impunity, as police say employees of the Australian arm of Dubai’s government air services company have been used to infiltrate Sydney airport and smuggle drugs.
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[Link] Woman charged under new Queensland laws for allegedly failing to report child sex abuse
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Redbank Plains woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fronted Ipswich Magistrates Court this week over the charge – three months after the laws took effect.
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[Link] First person sentenced in SA after Operation Ironside arrests to spend two years behind bars
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The first person in South Australia to be sentenced as part of Operation Ironside will spend at least two years in prison for transporting millions of dollars' worth of methamphetamine earlier this year.
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[Link] Canberra woman who was shot in neck 'will never forgive' man responsible
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Michael Paul Forrest, 29, shot the woman at 8am in November 2019 as she sat in her car on Dominion Circuit in Forrest, in Canberra's inner south. The injured woman managed to escape, driving into Manuka Oval where security called an ambulance.
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[Link] ‘Cult’ Leader’s Widow Accused of Grooming Girls for Him to Abuse
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
The leader of what police have described as a “cult” has been accused of grooming young girls to be sexually abused by her husband. Jan Hamilton and her late husband Ken Dyers co-founded Australian personal development group Kenja Communications in 1982.
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[Link] Police officer's stalker possessed explosives in 'misguided' belief they were valuable, court told
Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Oswald Bruggemans, 65, has pleaded guilty to stalking a police officer at Victor Harbor in February.
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[Link] 'Tell them I'm delusional': Accused gunman's instructions prior to alleged murders
Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Mihalis Makrylos said Mr Hoffmann came to his house in Darwin's northern suburbs, woke him up him around 2:00am and asked him to go with him to Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).
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[Link] Police bungle cost ‘14 years of potential progress’ in Maria James’ murder, Melbourne inquest hears
Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com
Police errors regarding the storage and examination of evidence hampered the investigation into the unsolved murder of Maria James in Melbourne, with one bungle costing “14 years of potential progress”, an inquest has been told.
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[Link] SA teacher cries as she apologises for grooming high school student for sex
Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Renee Underwood, 34, fronted the District Court today charged with making a child amenable to sexual activity after earlier pleading guilty to the crime. The victim was an aspiring male medical student who was groomed between July and August last year.
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[Link] Men arrested after alleged two-day crime spree stretching from Gold Coast to Townsville
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Two men who allegedly went on went on a two-day crime spree from the Gold Coast to north Queensland have been remanded in custody. The men were arrested separately on Monday after allegedly committing a string of violent offences around Coomera, Mackay and Townsville.
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[Link] Three charged for allegedly trying to shoot drugs into SA prison by bow and arrow
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Three people have been arrested for allegedly trying to use a bow and arrow to shoot drugs into the Port Augusta Prison. Late yesterday afternoon, police were called when three people were seen in a car acting suspiciously behind the jail.
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[Link] South Australians, including a couple in their 60s, arrested after entering the state without a permit
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Six people, including a couple from Kangaroo Island and another pair who crossed fields to enter the state from Victoria, have been arrested and charged after separate breaches of South Australia's COVID-19 restrictions.
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[Link] Man who stabbed nurse at Adelaide hospital to spend another 10 months in mental health facility
Read: 27/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Trent Jason Miller was arrested in June 2019, and charged with causing serious harm to the Lyell McEwin Hospital nurse. He was found not guilty of harm, due to mental incompetence, earlier this year.
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[Link] Adelaide man charged with extra offences after counter-terrorism investigation
Read: 26/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
An Adelaide man has been charged with additional offences as a result of a joint counter-terrorism investigation. The 33-year-old man was arrested in April and charged with three offences over the alleged possession of an explosive device.
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[Link] New law passes giving AFP more power to infiltrate online criminal networks
Read: 25/8/2021 www.news.com.au
Police will have greater powers to infiltrate the dark web to crack down on paedophiles and criminals after a new law passed giving them amped-up surveillance capabilities online.
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[Link] Man faces court over alleged kidnapping of children from Blackburn North
Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Jiangang Ji is facing charges including kidnapping, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, false imprisonment, assault and theft of a motor vehicle.
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[Link] NSW man who escaped SA hotel quarantine to go to pub sentenced to 14 days in prison
Read: 25/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Paul McElhinney, 33, pleaded guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to failing to comply with a COVID-19 direction. McElhinney, who lives in Sydney, was quarantining at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Adelaide's CBD after returning from his father's funeral in Scotland.
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[Link] Silk Road member Peter Nash avoids further US prison time
Read: 25/8/2021 www.smh.com.au
New York: An Australian man who moderated the discussion forums on the underground drug website Silk Road was sentenced to time served on Tuesday after already being in custody for 17 months.
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[Link] How a now-defunct site on the dark web led police to the biggest cryptocurrency seizure in Australia
Read: 24/8/2021 www.theage.com.au
They were “quite unremarkable in every way”, police said, living normal lives in the community having never before come to the attention of authorities.
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[Link] 'We don't deserve to be treated like this': Sydney nurse speaks out about alleged assault at COVID testing clinic
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The female healthcare worker told police she was working at the Dundas testing clinic on Monday when she was approached by an unknown man who was not wearing a mask. It is alleged the man began filming the 31-year-old worker on his mobile phone before verbally abusing her about vaccinations.
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[Link] Leader of micro-nation found guilty of lighting fires
Read: 13/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
During the trial, jurors heard that at the time of the fires Matthewson was living on a bush block owned by Zachary John Mead, with a financial agreement between the pair for him to buy it.
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[Link] Adelaide man arrested for allegedly stalking woman he met on dating app
Read: 11/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
A man from Adelaide's northern suburbs has been arrested for stalking offences after a victim he met on a dating app contacted police fearing for her safety. Detectives went to the man's Andrews Farm address on Tuesday and found evidence including mail in different women's names.
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[Link] Sydney assault: five teenagers charged with murder after boy, 16, dies in hospital
Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Five teenagers, including two as young as 13, have been charged with murder after the death of a 16-year-old boy found with severe injuries in Sydney. The boy was found unresponsive with head and chest injuries in a home in Doonside on Wednesday afternoon.
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[Link] Businessman made the 'most stupid decision of his life' when he tried to import nearly 300kg of cocaine in excavator
Read: 9/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Adam Hunter, 35, pleaded guilty to the crime in the NSW District Court, after police pounced on him and his business partner as they cut open the machine with an angle grinder and began removing packages.
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[Link] Fake Uber driver admits sexually assaulting two ‘vulnerable’ women he lured into his car in Melbourne
Read: 6/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Melbourne man has admitted raping one “remarkably vulnerable” woman and sexually assaulting another after pretending to be a ride-share driver.
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[Link] Woman hands herself in over theft of electric wheelchair from Adelaide home
Read: 3/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
The electric wheelchair was returned to its owner over the weekend after being found dumped at Cowandilla, around a kilometre from where it was stolen, about 12:30am on Saturday.
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[Link] Far-right extremist jailed for disrupting Melbourne church service with homophobic rant
Read: 31/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The far-right extremist Neil Erikson has been sentenced to 10 weeks in jail after he marched into a queer-friendly Melbourne church and hurled homophobic abuse, with a magistrate labelling his behaviour “wilfully ignorant” and “shameful”.
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[Link] Man jailed for assaulting teenage girls on Mardi Gras night blames victims
Read: 6/7/2021 www.abc.net.au
Jesse Mackenzie was today sentenced to 20 months in prison after he was filmed dragging one of the girls, aged 15, by her hair and throwing her over a ledge during the brawl in Pyrmont. The 29-year-old was one of three men charged over the fight and pleaded guilty to affray.
[Link] Machete attack by car thieves leaves man in hospital
Read: 19/5/2021 www.abc.net.au
The 28-year-old man was struck with the weapon at his Cosgrove home about midnight before his assailants then took his car. He was taken to the Townsville University Hospital, where he was treated for multiple lacerations to his back and hands.
[Link] Richard Pusey being found too unpopular for community order is 'disturbing', judge says
Read: 28/4/2021 www.abc.net.au
WARNING: This story contains language that may offend some readers. Pusey was assessed for a community correction order ahead of his sentence on charges including outraging public decency following Melbourne's Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police officers.
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[Link] Australian Federal Police launch investigation into Ben Roberts-Smith over fresh allegations
Read: 15/4/2021 www.sbs.com.au
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[Link] Former NAB employee jailed for stealing $5.5m in 'staggering' invoice scam
Read: 29/1/2021 www.abc.net.au
Rosemary Rogers, 45, worked at NAB for more than two decades, including nine years as a chief of staff to CEOs Andrew Thorburn and Cameron Clyne. Her co-accused Helen Rosamond, from event management company Human Group, is still awaiting trial.