Ballarat's Children
Ballarat awash in blood
Peter HoystedVictoria Police turned a blind eye to sexual abuse by clerics | LISTEN.
Cardinal ‘being made scapegoat’
REBECCA URBANGeorge Pell has launched a vociferous defence of his handling of sexual abuse allegations within the Catholic Church.
Barristers scathing of ‘inaction’
PIA AKERMAN, TESSA AKERMANDecades of cover-ups within the scandal-plagued Ballarat Catholic archdiocese have been laid bare.
‘No more jumping through hoops’
PIA AKERMAN, PETER HOYSTEDA lawyer says sex-abuse victims in the Ballarat diocese no longer have to jump through any ‘hoops’ for help | EPISODE 3.
Confession box hid dirty secrets
Peter HoystedInformation gleaned from unknowing parishioners was used by pedophile priests to plan and carry out their crimes.
Standing up to evil
It’s chilling listening: a man recounts the first night he was raped by a serial pedophile cleric and how he fought back.
‘Bosses ignored my inquiry call’
PIA AKERMAN, PETER HOYSTEDA detective who helped nab a notorious pedophile says he urged his superiors to establish a taskforce | EPISODE 2
The devil’s playground
Peter HoystedWhy Ballarat? Why were so many pedophile priests active in the Victorian diocese.
Few heroes in abuse shame
Peter HoystedA pedophile priest, aided by authorities, abused more than 500 people in rural Victoria. One man who acted paid a price.
Cops shielded Catholic monster
PETER HOYSTED, JOHN FERGUSONPolice complicity in covering-up child abuse by Ballarat clergy has been detailed by former senior cops | EPISODE ONE
Victoria MP’s ‘pattern of abuse’
Rick Wallace, Rachel BaxendaleThe staffer of dumped Victorian minister Adem Somyurek was subjected to inappropriate behaviour ‘for months’.
Women to lift ‘rubbish debate’
DAVID CROWELiberal MP Sharman Stone wants her party to follow Labor on quotas, blaming men for the poor quality of parliament.
Q&A: the issue dogging Shorten
Jessica RapanaBill Shorten may have won over his Party, but it appears winning the trust of voters is another story.
A whim and a family separated
CHIP Le GRANDIt has been six weeks since Melbourne lawyer Katy Le Roy saw her Nauruan MP husband.
Treasurer’s Canada trip cost $52k
MICHAEL OWENSA Labor Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has revealed he spent more than $52,000 attending a mining convention in Canada
Defence focus on jobs rescue
BRENDAN NICHOLSONA detailed plan to save the naval shipbuilding industry will be the centrepiece of the coming defence white paper.
Rudd rental scheme rort delays
RICK WALLACEMore than 1000 dwellings have been thrust into legal limbo after changes to prevent rorting of the housing scheme.
Zero tolerance for online GST
ROSIE LEWISJoe Hockey is considering applying the GST to all overseas products bought online.
Autism spike sparks NDIS split
RICK MORTON, SEAN PARNELLThe tale of two Australian families underscores the divisive cost of autism.
Parties in lock-step on turnbacks
STEFANIE BALOGHLabor will adopt the same operational framework as the Coalition to turn back asylum-seeker boats in the Java Sea.
