Month: June 2022

MEDIA & POLITICS

NSW POLICE WON’T DENY FIXATED PERSONS UNIT BECAME A ‘POLITICAL GOON SQUAD’! Changes flagged for CONTROVERSIAL unit but questions linger

June 28, 2022 Nour Ahmad

EXCLUSIVE: NSW Police have promised sweeping changes to the remit of the controversial Fixated Persons Investigations Unit in light of several highly publicised and embarrassing incidents which gave rise to concerns it was a “political goon squad” used to shut down opponents and whistleblowers truthfully speaking about political and police corruption. Nour Ahmad reports.

ASSAULTS & BASHINGS

PETER’S ‘PERFECT’ CRIME? V8 Hall of Famer and Australian sporting icon Peter Brock revealed as key suspect in the unsolved 1977 Easey Street murders

June 27, 2022 Pierce Field

EXCLUSIVE: It can be revealed that a prime suspect into the infamous and unsolved Easey Street Murders is none other than the ‘King of the Mountain’ and one of Australia’s most beloved sport stars, the now-deceased Peter Brock. Pierce Field investigates the cover-up and corruption protecting one of Australia’s most infamous wife-bashers and his alleged role in the brutal stabbing of his former lover and her best friend.

FAMILY VIOLENCE

WHEN VICTIMS KILL! Teen repeatedly STRUCK, KILLED father with axe to defend younger sister, ACQUITTED by jury & CONGRATULATED by detective who arrested him

June 23, 2022 Nour Ahmad

EXCLUSIVE: In 1953, 19-year-old Peter John Beadman killed his father in the family’s Punchbowl home by striking him four times with an axe. The following year he would be acquitted by a jury who heard that the father was choking Beadman’s younger sister at the time of the slaying. Nour Ahmad reports.

CRIME CULTURE

THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND GRIEF! One man’s non-fiction narrative of his brother’s outback murder

June 15, 2022 Nour Ahmad

EXCLUSIVE: The grieving brother of WA outback murder victim, Raymond Kehlet, is speaking out following the state DPP’s decision not to prosecute the killing. Dave Kehlet tells Nour Ahmad how the disappointing investigation inspired him to create a literary newsletter and Facebook group where he conducts his own inquiry into what happened that fateful day.

CREEPS

PALASZCZUK’S PROTECTION RACKET! Queensland Labor and union cover-ups EXPOSED as sexual assault complaints go unanswered with POLICE REQUIRED to investigate

June 8, 2022 Pierce Field

EXCLUSIVE: The unearthing of a cover-up cabal within Queensland Premier Annastasia Palaszczuk’s government, the state ALP branch and an affiliated union raises further questions on the Labor Party’s ability to actually do something about systemic cultural issues plaguing their movement. Pierce Field reports from Brisbane.

CRIME CULTURE

TRUE OPINION: The Last We Heard of Depp?

June 2, 2022 Maisy Rae

The Johnny Depp / Amber Heard defamation trial has continued to grip millions of viewers internationally, and with the Virginia jury largely deciding in Depp’s favour, Maisy Rae explores why it’s hard to tune out the trial’s heavy costs.