Columnist
Canberra
Peter Hoysted is Jack the Insider: a highly placed, dedicated servant of the nation with close ties to leading figures in politics, business and the union movement.

My grim new reality

My grim new reality

Have the surgery, eat well, stay positive – or have another schooner? A cancer diagnosis prompts the big decisions.

My grim new reality

Have the surgery, eat well, stay positive – or throw back another schooner and do nothing? A cancer diagnosis prompts life and death decisions. By Peter Hoysted

Ballarat awash in blood

Ballarat awash in blood

Victoria Police turned a blind eye to sexual abuse by clerics | LISTEN.

EXCLUSIVE: PODCAST‘No more jumping through hoops’

‘No more jumping through hoops’

A lawyer says sex-abuse victims in the Ballarat diocese no longer have to jump through any ‘hoops’ for help | EPISODE 3.

Ballarat’s childrenConfession box hid dirty secrets

Confession box hid dirty secrets

Information gleaned from unknowing parishioners was used by pedophile priests to plan and carry out their crimes.

EXCLUSIVE: PODCAST‘Bosses ignored my inquiry call’

‘Bosses ignored my inquiry call’

A detective who helped nab a notorious pedophile says he urged his superiors to establish a taskforce | EPISODE 2

The devil’s playground

The devil’s playground

Why Ballarat? Why were so many pedophile priests active in the Victorian diocese.

Few heroes in abuse shame

Few heroes in abuse shame

A pedophile priest, aided by authorities, abused more than 500 people in rural Victoria. One man who acted paid a price.

EXCLUSIVE: PODCASTCops shielded Catholic monster

Cops shielded Catholic monster

Police complicity in covering-up child abuse by Ballarat clergy has been detailed by former senior cops | EPISODE ONE

CommentThe dark web beyond policing

The dark web beyond policing

New metadata laws will struggle to keep up with echo chambers where troubled souls ponder mass murder and radicalisation.