Investigations
Palmer inquiry follows the cash
Sarah ElksThe Hong Kong High Court has opened Clive Palmer’s overseas accounts for Queensland Nickel liquidators to examine.
Your wedding by Salim
ANTHONY KLANThe nation’s most famous deputy mayor, Salim Mehajer, has created his own wedding planning company.
Tale of Ponzi betrayal
Hedley ThomasRight before his bloody death from a stab wound to the heart, self-inflicted, Ray Edward Walker was cornered.
No charge for ‘call off killing’ man
DAN BOX, AMOS AIKMANAnother man allegedly knew about and was asked to prevent a murder that led to a young man being jailed for life.
Our journalists
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Hedley Thomas
National Chief Correspondent
Brisbane Bureau, Australia
Hedley Thomas is The Australian’s national chief correspondent, specialising in investigative reporting with a particular interest in legal issues, the judiciary, public administration, corruption and politics. Hedley has won five Walkley awards including the Gold Walkley, in 2007, for his investigations into the fiasco surrounding the Australian Federal Police investigations of Dr Mohamed Haneef.
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Anthony Klan
Investigative Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Anthony Klan is a journalist with The Australian, specialising in business-related investigative reporting. His work has sparked inquiries and law reforms. He holds a Walkley Award for business journalism and has been named a finalist for the Graham Perkin Australian journalist of the year. He has won News Corporation Australia’s top award and been has twice been named News Corporation Australia business journalist of the year.
Zak reports a lesson
A grave injustice may be reversed following a series of exclusives backed by ample resources.
Missing Mensink appeals lawsuit
Clive Mensink’s lawyers have filed an appeal despite him being overseas, apparently uncontactable.
Pledge to change jailing rules
Changes to the NT government’s controversial mandatory sentencing regime seem inevitable.
Fixed terms a ‘silly nonsense’
The judge who sentenced Zak Grieve to a life says the laws that forced him to make that decision are a ‘nonsense’.
Early release hope for Zak
An early release will be considered for an Aboriginal man serving life for a murder the judge found he did not physically commit.
Murder cop: ‘Zak wasn’t there’
The family of a young Aboriginal man jailed for murder say a detective told them he believed ‘Zak wasn’t there’.
Don’t push us, Citic tells Palmer
Citic has warned Clive Palmer not to underestimate its preparedness to shut the Sino Iron project in WA.
Retreat on fixed jail terms
The NT A-G has apologised to police for claiming they supported ending mandatory sentencing for domestic violence.
Victim’s crimes, no punishment
The victim of a contract killing for which three men got life had been repeatedly released by the police and courts.
Palmer warned of ‘false hope’
Clive Palmer has been warned not to give ‘false hope’ to workers by pretending to consider reopening his refinery.
‘$10k offer for murder’: source
Dozens of people allegedly knew about — and failed to prevent — a murder that led to young Aboriginal man Zak Grieve being jailed.
Palmer to delay refinery sale
Clive Palmer could offload his Queensland nickel refinery for $790m, but has agreed not to sell in the next month.
Move on two Clive contacts
Queensland Nickel’s liquidators have served Clive Palmer’s Bulgarian father-in-law and Kyrgyz woman Evgenia Bednova.
Donald and the mafia dons
In the 1980s Donald Trump decided to build a casino in Atlantic City, where construction was ruled by the mob.
Why Sydney said no to Trump
A secret 1987 NSW Police report found it would be “dangerous’’ to pursue Donald Trump’s plan to build the city’s first casino.
Doubts on Palmer’s diary notes
Clive Palmer may have ‘invented’ evidence in his diary to justify ripping millions out of Queensland Nickel.
Long haul for pollies and players
Underground gambling jouints flourished for decades in Sydney before its first ‘legal’ casino opened in 1997.
Palmer’s aid to Mensink rescue
Clive Mensink asked his uncle Clive Palmer’s assistant to book overseas cruises for him as recently as March.
