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TRUE OPINION: COMFORT & JOY! And Other Unlikely Tidings For Australia In 2020

December 25, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

TRUE OPINION: What’s there to look forward to for Australia this Christmas, wonders our resident grinch Gary Johnston.

TRUE OPINION: This nation, this drift, to nowhere

November 15, 2019 Rudy Terwilliger 1

Out of the last 23 years in Australia, the Coalition of the Liberal Party and The Nationals has been the Federal Government for 17 of them. During that time there has been a drift in Australian society away from accountability, transparency, and certainly away from evidence-based policy, writes Rudy Terwilliger.

TRUE OPINION: The Great Con of the Race that Stops the Nation

November 11, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

It’s heralded as the greatest sporting and cultural tradition of this nation. Gary Johnston spent a day at the Melbourne Cup to give you this first-hand glimpse of an ugly, faltering Australia dressed to its best.

TRUE OPINION: DON’T BE A DUTERTE! Philippines gets high on murder

October 27, 2019 Tim Kent 0

The Philippines has seen thousands of people murdered in extra judicial and vigilante style killings since 2016 following the election of president Rodrigo Duterte. Just what will it take for the world to act, asks Tim Kent.

TRUE OPINION: CATHOLIC CHURCH CONFESSIONAL! Only sleazy priests would keep child sex abuse secret

September 26, 2019 Tim Kent 2

The Catholic Church – which has enabled the rape and sexual abuse of thousands of children and brought upon the world arch-villain paedophile, George Pell – is still claiming that its so-called special relationship with God means priests shouldn’t report incidents of child abuse told to them during confession.

TRUE OPINION: NOT NICE TO BE “KNOWN”! Alleged Sydney stabber Mert Ney slipped in between systems

August 29, 2019 Lois Lane 0

Alleged “Sydney stabber” Mert Ney was apparently “known” to both the police and mental health services, but may have slipped in between the cracks writes Lois Lane.

TRUE OPINION: GUN NUTS DO HAVE A MENTAL ILLNESS! And it’s guns!

August 21, 2019 Tim Kent 1

Fascists, misogynists and violent haters with easy access to an array of assault weapons means there’s always only going to be one conclusion in the United States until proper gun control is enacted, writes a pessimistic Tim Kent.

TRUE OPINION: “I WAS A TEEN BOY EXPLOITED BY LGBTIQ MEDIA”! And now I want answers

August 12, 2019 Oscar Kaspi-Crutchett 2

Wage theft is not just relegated to ‘celebrity chefs’ in the hospitality industry with the media perhaps needing to look closer at similar issues within its own backyard, writes new True Crime News Weekly contributor Oscar Kaspi-Crutchett.

TRUE OPINION: Are Victoria’s Jails the Easiest Place to Score Drugs?

July 11, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

Watching the comings-and-goings of the local drugs court isn’t for the faint-hearted. But it should be compulsory viewing as it highlights all the failures of the War on Drugs, writes Gary Johnston.

TRUE OPINION: “METH & MY BOY”! A dad tells all

June 13, 2019 Murray Kinnane 2

The number of prisoners in Australia’s jails convicted of illicit drug offences is rising by the month. Rarely heard however is the story of those affected by drug addiction, people who require treatment but instead receive incarceration. Murray Kinnane is the father of one such person.

TRUE OPINION: Hate Speech & the paradox of our digital age

May 6, 2019 Chris Mordd Richards 0

Just how much hate speech should we ‘tolerate’, wonders Chris Mordd Richards.

TRUE OPINION: PSYCHOPATHS! The awful, awful truth

April 9, 2019 Tim Kent 0

It is often said of psychopaths that the most dangerous aspect of their personality is the ability to manipulate people. Tim Kent takes a much closer look at what makes a person a psychopath.

TRUE OPINION: When the Pell is paltry

March 13, 2019 Tim Kent 1

The historic sentencing of Cardinal George Pell as a convicted child rapist this week was less about true justice for the victims and more about a future appeal, writes Tim Kent.

"OILY DOYLEY"! On the trail of the not-so-lonesome Robert Doyle

TRUE OPINION: Justice For All? No, Not Really. Not In This World

February 21, 2019 Gary Johnston 1

With disgraced sleazy Liberal Party doyen Robert Doyle now well and truly in the sights of Victoria Police detectives, our Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, wonders why the hell it took all so long. The answer? Well that’s simple, isn’t it.

TRUE OPINION: GAY CONVERSION THERAPIST USES ‘COMING OUT’ AS DISTRACTION FROM INFLICTING EVIL! Rationalising cruelty in the name of God

February 9, 2019 Tim Kent 1

A fortnight ago, a prominent member of the “ex-gay movement” in America announced he had left his wife of 34 years and was now in a relationship with a man as he could no longer deny his “non-negotiable” needs. As a ‘gay conversion therapist’ it is likely though that David Matheson has heaped untold damage to countless of other gay men prior to his own ‘coming out’, writes Tim Kent.

TRUE OPINION: The actual “SHAME, SHAME, SHAME” of Derryn Hinch

February 5, 2019 Tim Kent 2

Senator Derry Hinch sees himself as a crusader for victims of sexual violence. But is his so-called advocacy really about victims and their families, or more to do with his own ego? Tim Kent on why the “Human Headline” is well past his used-by date.

TRUE OPINION: The family killer and the guns he should never have had

January 11, 2019 Tim Kent 0

Teenagers, Jack and Jennifer Edwards, were killed mid-last year at their Western Sydney home in what police say was a ‘planned attack’ by their estranged father, John Edwards. There was also a third victim. Their heartbroken mother, Olga Edwards, committed suicide just a month ago, unable to face the trauma of living without her children. Questions are now being asked as to why the 68-year-old financial services worker was able to have possession of not one but two powerful handguns given his history and background, writes Tim Kent.

TRUE OPINION: The unspeakable tragedy of Olga Edwards and the scores of women killed by selfish & cruel men in Australia during 2018

January 3, 2019 Tim Kent 1

About 70 women in total are believed to have been murdered by men, largely by their male partners or former partners in domestic violence incidents, in Australia during all of last year. It’s time we call out family violence against women as the national security problem it is, writes Tim Kent.

TRUE OPINION: Police investigating police investigating police

December 5, 2018 Gary Johnston 0

Recent scandals in Victoria have highlighted the need for reforms in the way complaints against police are looked at. True Crime News Weekly’s Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, explains why it’s finally time for police accountability to go further than officers simply investigating their colleagues.

TRUE OPINION: Why the Soldiers of Dad’s Army Fight Fear With More Fear

November 23, 2018 Gary Johnston 0

Victorians head to the polls tomorrow as Premier Daniel Andrews tries to fend off a challenge from the Liberal Party’s Matthew Guy in the state election. Our Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, takes a look at the uninspiring and dreary state of political play.