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The Victorian Government has announced it will spend $345 million over three years on almost 500 new cells to deal with the state’s overcrowded jail system and increasing prison population. True Crime News Weekly correspondent Gary Johnston wonders whether throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into a failed system is a wise move.

OBITUARY: Famed political satirist PJ O’Rourke died last week. Irfan Yusuf pays tribute to a conservative icon who was forever a rebel in his rationality.

EXCLUSIVE: As the Covid-19 lockdown continues across large parts of a beleaguered Australia, stress, anxiety and its associated link with criminality – especially that of family violence – is creating increasing pressure on police forces in the affected states. Gary Johnston investigates.