Yesterday
Ex CBA banker Jon Waldron jailed for bribery
The former CBA technology executive was sentenced to a maximum of six years and eight months prison on Friday, following a conviction in May.
- James Eyers
This Month
Real estate agents face costs to meet new money laundering rules
Australia is at the bottom of a global compliance ranking to halt dirty money flows. Fixing that will raise costs for real estate agents.
- Michael Bleby
Meet the retirees hunting down cold cases
A global network of do-it-yourself detectives is on a mission to solve the mysteries that police won’t. Like, who is “D. Malan”, discovered on a hillside in 1979 and still never identified?
- Emma Jacobs
August
- Analysis
- Education
British statisticians worry a murder conviction doesn’t add up
Nurse Lucy Letby’s guilty verdict raises troubling questions about the numerical skills of judges, politicians and other leaders.
- The Economist
India’s doctors strike nationwide over colleague’s rape and murder
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to crack down on sexual violence against women, but incidents are rising.
- Subrata Nag Choudhury and Jatindra Dash
Far-right riots sweep Britain over child murders
Police officers were injured and shops were looted as anti-immigrant activists faced off with anti-racism protesters in cities and towns across the UK.
- Belinda Jiao and Amanda Ferguson
June
A very British paper is forced to cover a scandal: its own
The discovery of $500 million missing from The Telegraph newspaper marks the end of the owners’ two decades of influence over British politics.
- Aaron Patrick
Bravery award for cop who stopped Bondi Junction killer
NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott, who ended the stabbing rampage at Bondi Junction Westfield in April, accepted an award for her bravery on Friday.
- Samantha Lock
Dirty money laws to help stem NDIS fraud
Law enforcement agencies have told Labor moves to extend protections against money laundering in Australia will help the fight against other kinds of fraud.
- Tom McIlroy
The banks holding the most money in Singapore’s $3.4b laundering scandal
The last of those arrested for their involvement in Singapore’s biggest laundering case have pleaded guilty, paving the way for the next steps in the scandal.
- Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh
Danish prime minister attacked, man arrested
Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man in Kultorvet public square in the centre of the Danish capital Copenhagen, local media reported.
- James Rothwell
May
How South Korea’s giant pension funds fell prey to $395m NDIS housing scam
The elaborate fraud succeeded by making grand claims, name-dropping Australia’s biggest property players, and was only discovered by chance.
- Michael Bleby
Man behind $395m NDIS investment fraud gets 12 years in prison
The verdict brings to an end a criminal matter in which the former property developer used fake documentation to secure financing from Korean pension funds.
- Michael Bleby and Campbell Kwan
Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt
Robert Fico was gravely wounded after a political event in an attempted assassination that has shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.
- Updated
- Bela Szandelszky and Karel Janicek
Man with sword kills 14-year-old boy, injures four in London attack
Police described the attack in east London as “truly horrific” but said terrorism was not involved.
April
‘In his blood’ for security guard to protect people
The family of Faraz Tahir, the security guard killed at Westfield Bondi Junction two weeks ago, reunited in their grief at his funeral in western Sydney on Friday.
- Belad Al-karkhey
#MeToo setback: NY court overturns Harvey Weinstein rape conviction
The New York ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures.
- Michael R. Sisak and Dave Collins
Five boys charged following Sydney terrorist attack
Five children have been charged in connection with the stabbing of an Orthodox Christian bishop at a western Sydney church.
- William Ton and Tess Ikonomou
Scammers are taking over the world
A seedy layer beneath our regular lives is cluttered with bogus messages, spam callers and phishing attempts.
- Steven Kurutz
‘Safe room for terrorists’: ASIO warns big tech on encryption
Federal spy and crime chiefs will demand access to social messaging systems that allow terrorists, violent extremists and child abusers to operate with impunity.
- Jacob Greber
