Books & arts
4 October 2024
A new account of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial focuses on the victims of an unfathomed perpetrator
Correspondents
20 September 2024
An Australian plan to improve policing in the Pacific deals with just one element of the islands’ crime and conflict problem
National affairs
17 September 2024
The government wants to rule a line under criminal behaviour in the military, but internal resistance remains strong
Books & arts
30 August 2024
An 800-page book and a four-hour film raise uncomfortable questions about an enduring Nazi past
National affairs
20 July 2024
Amid this week’s welter of allegations is a thorny matter of cartel law
Essays & reportage
4 July 2024
An announcement at Huckitta Station provides a link between native title and police powers
Books & arts
3 July 2024
Anne Manne illuminates Newcastle’s web of child-abuse perpetrators, enablers and bystanders
International
15 May 2024
Fresh revelations suggest that the scandalous behaviour at London-based Murdoch newspapers was wider and deeper than previously believed
National affairs
15 November 2023
A High Court decision has added to concerns about jury behaviour that were passed over by a series of appeal judges
Books & arts
7 November 2023
A murder case looked different close-up for a journalist with worries of his own
Books & arts
6 November 2023
Is Chanel Contos’s Consent Laid Bare part of a trend back to radical feminism — with a twist?
Books & arts
26 July 2023
A philosopher considers the case for abolishing prisons
International
10 July 2023
Life follows art in the streaming service’s new political series
Essays & reportage
16 June 2023
Thirty-five years and five judgements after Scott Johnson’s body was found, can we be sure justice has been served?
Essays & reportage
24 February 2023
A sociologist ventures into a largely hidden financial system beyond the reach of governments and regulators
Essays & reportage
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
Essays & reportage
24 October 2022
Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip
International
28 October 2021
China is waking up to the downside of its world-beating level of alcohol consumption
National affairs
10 September 2021
The justice system’s dealings with the police officer accused of killing Kumanjayi Walker are shadowed by cases past
From the archive
2 September 2021
Renewed allegations of corruption in 1980s New South Wales have reawakened strong feelings
Essays & reportage
31 August 2021
The former NSW premier’s time in office was dogged by allegations, but do they stand up?
National affairs
22 July 2021
Submissions to the Victorian royal commission add to a powerful case against the once-burgeoning company
National affairs
2 July 2021
Proposed NSW legisation focuses a new lens on domestic abuse
National affairs
18 June 2021
Is a concept drawn from contract law the best test of sexual assault?
National affairs
12 June 2021
Buying the Sydney Swans bolstered the swashbuckling 1980s image of medical entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten, who died this week
From the archive
11 June 2021
Aboriginal people in the town famously visited by the Freedom Ride are taking an innovative approach to their community’s problems
National affairs
10 June 2021
Australia’s criminal cartel law has hit its first speed hump
Essays & reportage
7 June 2021
A new podcast brilliantly tracks Australia’s “biggest insider trading case.” But does it let the authorities off too lightly?
National affairs
24 April 2021
Journalism has a different role to play from the legal system. It begins with reporting the facts as the journalist understands them
Essays & reportage
9 April 2021
With a new book reopening the debate about the one-time NSW premier’s behaviour in office, our correspondent assesses the evidence