BETTER DEAD THAN A SCAB! Hipster Newtown bookshop Better Read Than Dead owned by multi-millionaire finally decides to pay more than minimum wage after locking out workers during Covid

SERIAL KILLERS: Sydney couple, John and Sarah Makin, were supposed to take care of babies on behalf of mothers and families who had found themselves in desperate situations. Instead, over a dozen infants died while in their care. Katya Gladiadis with this chilling historical investigation.

EXCLUSIVE: In a sign of the times there has emerged yet more worrying evidence that Australia is sliding down a slippery slope into becoming a dangerous police state, with a Western Sydney granddad paid a visit at his home by NSW Police officers who insinuated he was a paedophile for simply creating a petition about the bizarre school hours of the local primary school his beloved granddaughter will attend next year. Toby O’Brien reports.

The BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is back again this year with not even a dangerous Covid Crisis being able to kill it off, with weekly online talks featuring four best-selling female authors taking place all throughout September before the festival returns for live, in-person events in early December.