Roger Rogerson charged with murder of Jamie Gao
ABC, PM program MARK COLVIN: The disgraced former Sydney detective Roger Rogerson is in custody in Sydney tonight, charged with murder and supplying large commercial quantities of drugs. He’s accused of murdering a student called Jamie Gao. Police have confirmed...Australians take title of ‘best’ internet pirates to new level
The dubious honour that Australians hold as the world’s most shameless TV internet pirates has reached a new level of sophistication, according to Australia’s struggling independent TV cable providers. In the latest blow for broadcasters, global pirate...Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show request reignites bitter Little River Band feud
One of America’s highest rating TV programs, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, has been caught up in a bitter stoush between the past and present members of the Little River Band. Little River Band member on stage at the 2004 Aria Awards. PHOTO: Glenn...Demand for genital ‘Barbie-plasty’ surgery triples in a decade
It’s known in the cosmetic industry as a Barbie-plasty because it resembles a Barbie doll. An extreme version of female genital surgery, or the labiaplasty, is now so popular that the number of procedures performed in Australia has more than tripled in the past...C-section surge in China as zodiac moves from lucky horse to unfortunate sheep
ELEANOR HALL: There’s a gnawing anxiety among many pregnant women in China in the lead up to the Chinese New Year on February 19th. That’s the day the Chinese zodiac will flip from the highly auspicious Year of the Horse to the deeply unfortunate Year of...Chinese newspaper calls Julie Bishop a ‘complete fool’
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is scrambling to defuse a diplomatic crisis with China this week over her reported comments to Fairfax that she planned to take tougher stand on China than her Labor predecessors. The comments have prompted criticism...ICAC inquiry into Margaret Cunneen went too far says appeal court
The country’s most powerful corruption watchdog, the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption, has been ordered to shut down a public inquiry into high profile Crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen on the grounds her alleged conduct did not amount...Provocation defence reforms don’t go far enough
Over the past decade most states in Australia have abolished or dramatically reformed the defence of provocation for murder. The reforms were aimed squarely at putting an end to men who kill their wives and girlfriends getting away with murder. New South Wales is now...
Australian special forces soldiers committed up to 39 murders, the Brereton report has found, and 19 current or former soldiers will face criminal investigation.
CNN's Anderson Cooper's hot take on Trump's latest gangsta style dummy spit, squealing he wuz robbed..."we see him like an obese turtle flailing in the sun"
A politician who was rejected by the voters of Corangamite and then parachuted into a federal Senate vacancy is attempting to compromise the public health response to COVID-19? Liberal senator urges Victorians to demand compensation for lockdowns
@vanOnselenP
one of the few journos pushing back against the Fed's its-all-Dan's-fault narrative. If we had followed this smirking preacherman's open borders masterplan COVID would be rampant across the country. Exhibit A: the fed's aged care "response" #auspol
"There was a stuff-up there with the security guards [in Victoria] but let's be realistic here - security guards were used in WA," says @vanOnselenP. "Equally, it was Daniel Andrews' idea to even have hotel quarantine." #insiders #auspol
Dan Andrew's morning briefing: why is it that some so-called journalists think they will get a better answer by asking the same dumb question over and over. An exercise in narcissism by people who lack social skills and insight? Surrogates for political hacks? Not very bright?