Retired ACT Supreme Court judge Dr Ken Crispin.

Former top judge says shaken baby experts could be guilty of ‘group think’

More than 20 years ago as a judge,he delivered a devastating judgment against expert witnesses. Now he’s launched a spirited attack on the culture surrounding medical expert evidence in court.

  • Michael Bachelard

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Former director of Holmesglen TAFE Bruce Mackenzie is calling for sweeping reform of education and training in Australian prisons.

‘Abysmal’ completion rates for prison education leads to recidivism fears

Efforts to rehabilitate offenders through education in prison failing abysmally,say experts,who are calling for a new approach.

  • Noel Towell
Thomas Sewell leads blackclad NSN members into the anti-immigration ‘March for Australia’ rallies he secretly organised in August.

Australia’s biggest Nazi group to disband to escape jail ahead of crackdown

Australia’s neo-Nazis will formally disband ahead of the Albanese government’s crackdown,but experts say they are far from done.

  • Sherryn Groch andPaul Sakkal
Childcare giant G8 Education has repeatedly failed to protect Victorian children,with more than a dozen of it’s centres penalised by state authorities for posing serious safety risks to kids under their care.

Childcare watchdog had one inspector for every 66 Victorian services

The troubling picture of children left at risk shows the slim resourcing of the state regulator at a time when reports of sex offences had tripled in five years.

  • Sherryn Groch andCarla Jaeger
Jarrod West is an Indigenous man and former firefighter who received tens of thousands of dollars of CityLink fines in the immediate aftermath of 2009’s deadly Black Saturday bushfires. A book,Footsteps in the Ash,and our own reporting show that Jarrod at age 19 was the main firefighter involved in a very traumatic rescue in Strathewen of a badly burned young girl,whose mother,father and sister all died of burns.

Thousands face imprisonment over ‘zombie warrants’ from repealed fines law

Thousands of Victorians face imprisonment from “zombie” arrest warrants for unpaid fines under laws repealed in 2017 after parliament admitted they were unjust.

  • Clay Lucas
Theo Briggs,a sex offender under “supervision” who went on a two-day crime spree in 2024.

Sex offender under ‘supervision’ in community attacked woman during violent crime spree

The man is among sex offenders who have committed violent crimes while on supervision orders but whose cases have been hidden from the public and protected by legislation.

  • Chris Vedelago andMarta Pascual Juanola
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Connie Carroll is among several former policewomen now working to disrupt stalking of women in their homes.

Perpetrators are using vacuums and photo frames to spy on women. Connie and other ex-policewomen are fighting back

Perpetrators of domestic violence often want their victims to know they are being watched,but never know how.

  • Wendy Tuohy
Xiomara,a survivor of sexual abuse,in Huánuco,Peru.

Two of the hardest places on earth to be a woman

Survivor-led networks are ensuring that violence against women is no longer a private burden for victims but a public issue to confront.

  • Julie Kim,Morgan Theakston andGrace Ellis
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has found the detention of a 63-year-old man by an NDIS provider was illegal.

Intellectually disabled man unlawfully detained for 25 years

A handful of intellectually disabled Victorians have been unlawfully detained by disability service providers,including a man with a history of committing sexual assaults.

  • Grant McArthur
Radiographer Miranda Northey preares Stacey Walker for an MRI at the Forensic Institute of Forensic Medicine:Coroners Courts.

‘I could picture myself in a coffin’:How a forensic team is helping strangulation victims like Stacey

In a world first,a team at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine will soon begin using a dedicated MRI scanner to help police investigate internal neck injuries in non-fatal strangulation.

  • Melissa Cunningham