EXCLUSIVE: For the first time, the family of the Afghan man whose prosthetic leg was used to drink alcohol by Australian soldiers have given their account of the day he died. sbs.com.au/news/article/f…

One of my favourite photos from the campaign trail. Patrick Dodson - a great man who’s made a remarkable contribution to this country.

BREAKING: #BenRobertsSmithVC must pay costs to the media outlets he sued, dating from the START of his legal action - Judge Besanko has ordered the higher cost figure because BRS knew the most serious allegations against him were “substantially true.” ⁦10 News First⁩

Cross examination is yet to start but Brittany Higgins appears extremely credible and authentic as she testifies in the stand. Powerful and harrowing to watch.

For those interested in Ben Roberts-Smith case, federal court of appeal judgment out in morning about whether Channel 7 executive Bruce McWilliams has to release thousands of emails that may cast light on his or Kerry Stokes’ involvement in BRS defamation case.

We have just won key court case meaning Channel 7 bosses Kerry Stokes and Bruce McWilliam must hand over 1000s of emails that likely reveal their exact involvement in the Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes case. They may show how/why Stokes/McWilliams fought so hard for Roberts-Smith.

Launching a new doco on Stan soon about the Ben Roberts-Smith saga. Details to come. It’s been more than four years since we began digging, including this long form piece - Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters on war crimes in Afghanistan ... youtu.be/MBFrb3EcJeA?si…

If you’re writing about Peta Murphy MP, and the immense loss her death causes the #auspol parliament, the people of Dunkley, & everyone who knew her, please use this photo, from 2021. It was remarked Peta Murphy always found a way to sit close as she could to any baby in the chamber.

As recently as November 22, PETA Murphy led a cracking 1 hour session at the Victorian Local Govt Working Group on Gambling meeting about the 38 recommendations for gambling reform her cross party committee put up. She was amazing. So sad that the Parliament lost her today.

I keep coming back to the start of this David Remnick piece on the war in Israel - “the only way to tell this story is to try to tell it truthfully and know that you will fail.”

Amazing investigation by Kate McClymont into Alan Jones. Incredible to think how many years this has festered. ‘He’d go the grope’: Alan Jones accused of indecently assaulting young men theage.com.au/national/he-d-…

Ben Roberts-Smith: Truth on Trial. Stan doco dropping this Sunday. The inside story of the military scandal and defo trial of the century. If you are undecided about the BRS affair, I hope you can watch. youtu.be/uTbLCe1jDuY?si… via YouTube

Kerry Stokes agrees to pay full costs to the Nine Newspapers over the #BenRobertsSmith defamation case, to avoid revealing a cache of private emails. smh.com.au/national/kerry…

Brilliant. Perfect. Her answer made it immediately just that much easier for every other young woman to follow that dream.

🧵1/ Thread on the Islamophobic and antisemitic disinformation about the #SydneyAttack . I downloaded X posts that wrongly stated that the attacker, Joel Cauchi, was either a Muslim or Jewish terrorist

Dubai is a jet-set influencer’s paradise. It's also home to convicted criminals, fugitives & sanctioned individuals who need a place to stash illicit wealth. COMING SOON: 70+ media outlets launch a global investigation of foreign property ownership IN UAE. #DubaiUnlocked

Here’s the first part of our reporting series detailing how bikies, criminals and underworld figures have infiltrated the building industry. John Setka quit last night in response to questions about his and his union’s role in this theage.com.au/national/build…

The ongoing series on the undoing of PwC by Edmund Tadros is nothing short of brilliant. It's nuanced, it's fair, and some of the details are excruciating afr.com/companies/prof…

In August last year the Public Interest Journalism Initiative reported that 30 LGAs had no local or digital news publisher... a disaster for ratepayers, communities who expect transparency and financial probity at the local level. The slide in democracy continues...

Investigation - Australia’s lucrative carbon industry is attracting ‘predatory’, ‘cut-throat’ and ‘sneaky’ companies to remote Indigenous communities. theage.com.au/interactive/20… The Age The Sydney Morning Herald