Fresh legal challenge launched against detaining teens in adult jail
The Andrews government is being challenged again in the Victorian Supreme Court over its decision to use the Barwon adult maximum security prison to house young offenders.
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Nick McKenzie
Nick McKenzie is a leading Australian investigative journalist. His stories appear in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. He has won the prestigious Walkley Award seven times and reports on corruption in politics, business and sport, national security, etc. (nickfourcorners@gmail.com | nmckenzie@fairfaxmedia.com.au | +61 3 8667 2687)
'I'm in Guantanamo Bay. This isn't Ballarat ... it can't be.'
Until today, she has been publicly defined by CCTV footage that shows her handcuffed, stripped of her underwear, stomped on, and kicked by police in a Ballarat cell. Now Yvonne Berry has broken her silence.
Nightclubs, dirty cops, drugs and leaks: the inside story
When Victorian drug investigators raided the city nightclub Two Floors Up in early April, they were expecting to find thousands of ecstasy tablets, methamphetamine and cash.
Anti-corruption agencies under the gun around Australia
Anti-corruption commissions are under threat across the nation and the possibility that NSW Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas might be charged for allegedly lying to an Ombudsman's inquiry highlights again the debate around the powers granted to anti-graft agencies.