Property, a visa and a university job: the Australian links forged by a powerful Iranian politician’s son in MelbourneThe son of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf – now leading peace negotiations with US – lived and worked in Melbourne, raising questions about sanctions and security May 10 26May 10, 2026Article at theguardian.com
Accused gunman Dezi Freeman wrote about dead police on InstagramAccused Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman's commenting history on Instagram shows a strong resistance to police authority, including mentioning dead and incinerated police. Aug 27 25August 27, 2025Article at abc.net.au
Coronavirus: No way out for those left stranded overseasKathryn Forte was already anxious about being trapped in Ecuador when a mayor ordered police to park across the runway at the nearest airport to stop rescue flights from landing. The Australian woman had been booked to fly out of Guayaquil on… Mar 20 20March 20, 2020Article at The Australian
Coronavirus: Scramble to get home as border closesAustralia’s borders will be closed to new foreign arrivals from 9pm on Friday in a dramatic move to slow the spread of COVID-19, as hundreds of thousands of Australian travellers scramble to return home before global air travel grinds to a… Mar 19 20March 19, 2020Article at The Australian
Aussies to charter $300,000 jet to flee Peru after GoFundMe campaignA pair of Australians stranded in Peru are close to locking in a chartered plane from the US to get them and 187 other foreigners out of South America, launching a fundraising page to help cover the cost of almost $300,000. Victorian chef Emily… Mar 19 20March 19, 2020Article at The Australian
Crime rate on the rise in VictoriaA jump in robberies, drug offences and harassment cases has pushed Victoria’s crime rate up in nearly all metrics – including the number of victims and crimes per capita. Crime Statistics Agency data released on Thursday shows the number of criminal… Mar 18 20March 18, 2020Article at The Australian
Court wrong to cut sentence for mum who killed her kids, High Court findsVictoria’s Court of Appeal was wrong to reduce the sentence of a mother who killed three of her children by driving her car into a lake, the High Court has found. Akon Guode was jailed in 2017 for 26½ years, with a minimum of 20 years, after she… Mar 18 20March 18, 2020Article at The Australian
Coronavirus: shortages trigger loo roll rip-offsA burgeoning black market in toilet paper and hand sanitiser has attracted profiteers exploiting the chaos at supermarkets, with hoarders charging exorbitant prices and supply-chain middlemen selling their stock directly to consumers. On Gumtree and… Mar 17 20March 17, 2020Article at The Australian
‘Ice importer’ extradited to Melbourne from CanadaA Canadian accused of importing enough precursor chemicals to produce $300m worth of ice has been extradited to Melbourne nearly a decade after the first alleged shipments arrived. Lloyd Rogation, 35, was flown to Melbourne via Brisbane after a… Mar 10 20March 10, 2020Article at The Australian
World Vision charity executive Zane Kuramoto denies corruption allegationsA suspended World Vision executive has denied being involved in any corruption, following allegations that his father received payments from the successful bidders of a multimillion-dollar printing contract. It was reported on Monday that a company… Mar 09 20March 09, 2020Article at The Australian
Hate still festers as Christchurch prepares to mark anniversary of mosque massacreIt’s a photo designed to chill the hearts of a community still coming to terms with the heartless slaughter of 51 people. Shared on the encrypted Telegram chatting app two weeks before the anniversary of the Christchurch attacks, the “selfie” shows a… Mar 06 20March 06, 2020Article at The Australian
‘Toxic’ online groups empower younger far-right fanaticsFar-right extremists are younger, more organised and “increasingly ideological’’ as they commit to a specific set of dogma and ideas, the head of the nation’s domestic spy agency, ASIO, says. A week out from the anniversary of the Christchurch mosque… Mar 06 20March 06, 2020Article at The Australian
Elderly US woman Patricia Dudding’s online scamming ‘nets $2.45m’On paper, she looks the target for a Nigerian scammer: a woman in her 60s, children who have fled the nest, active on social media. Instead, US woman Patricia Dudding became an alleged accomplice, a so-called “money mule” laundering money from… Mar 01 20March 01, 2020Article at The Australian
Taliban invite freed Aussie Timothy Weeks to witness peace deal signingAn Australian academic held captive by the Taliban for more than three years has accepted an invitation from his former captors to attend the signing of a peace deal. Sharing photos of himself with a member of a key Taliban ally on social media,… Feb 28 20February 28, 2020Article at The Australian
Aussie ‘criminal mastermind’ awaits fate in New York courtAn Australian who built a massive international criminal empire — involving a private army in Somalia, the trafficking of North Korean-made “ice”, gun-running through Asia and selling technology to Iran — has had his sentencing in a New York court… Feb 27 20February 27, 2020Article at The Australian
Aussies held over Beirut haul of ancient artefactsTwo Australians have been arrested in Beirut for allegedly trying to smuggle 60 ancient artefacts — including some that appear to be from Syria — out of Lebanon. They were arrested at Beirut’s international airport at the weekend, shortly before they… Feb 26 20February 26, 2020Article at The Australian
Melbourne woman arrested for allegedly trying to recruit for Islamic StateA 17-year-old Melbourne girl allegedly connected with an Australian Islamic State fighter in Syria and provided him with help and is accused of trying to recruit another person to the group a year later. Now aged 22, Hadasha Sa’adat Khan was arrested… Feb 25 20February 25, 2020Article at The Australian
Melbourne drug bust: $16.9m ice shipment seizedA 150 kilogram shipment of the drug ice has been seized after arriving from Mexico, with two men arrested in Victoria over their alleged involvement. As part of work done with the Indian Narcotics Control Bureau and other overseas law enforcement… Feb 24 20February 24, 2020Article at The Australian
Sydney-Melbourne train wreck probe centres on signalling faultCatastrophic human and system failure sparked by a recent fire at a train signalling hut will be at the centre of investigations into the Sydney-Melbourne rail crash that claimed two lives and injured 11 others on Thursday. Investigations will focus… Feb 21 20February 21, 2020Article at The Australian
Twisted and fallen: train derailment awaits answersIf it wasn’t for forensic officers in blue coveralls taking photos, the scene of Thursday’s devastating derailment would look like a child’s toy train knocked over in a fit of rage. From 100m south of the scene, you can see the back wheels of the… Feb 21 20February 21, 2020Article at The Australian
