Insight
Inside the secret place saving women
It is hidden behind a high fence and protected by 16 security cameras. This place of safety is where women escaping violence get the chance for a new life.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Analysis
Naked City
As a reporter, my inbox is civil. Then I read what my female colleagues are sent
The internet is modern society’s sewer. It is vital to life but when it breaks, it is a disaster. And for women, it has proved toxic and dangerous.
- by John Silvester
Seeing red: Has Labor’s economic reckoning finally arrived?
Surrounded by debt, the Allan government finds itself backed into a financial and political corner.
- by Josh Gordon
‘It’s a huge part of who I am as a person’: Raf Epstein goes home for lunch
The host of ABC Radio Melbourne’s Mornings show sits down for a meal at a place that has been practically a second home for most of his life.
- by Karl Quinn
Suzie Miller on why UK police are required to watch her Broadway show
The award-winning playwright is not only changing lives, she’s changing the law.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
Analysis
Naked City
Family violence: You can’t see if you don’t look
There is one aspect of the justice system that must be urgently changed to stem the violence against women. That’s in the hands of government. But there is a part men can play now.
- by John Silvester
Exclusive
Naked City
Fake booze: ‘It’s scary and the public needs to be warned’
Just like illegal tobacco, a huge substitution racket is flourishing. Dangerous industrial alcohol is being blended into top-shelf spirits – and police are worried.
- by John Silvester
Analysis
Naked City
This form of abuse is rarely discussed. Police have only just picked up the signs
Known as honour or shame crimes, Australian police were so slow to interpret the signs that some cases weren’t even recognised as criminal offences.
- by John Silvester
Meet Australia’s biggest performing artist you’ve probably never heard of
Pub Choir is the art of teaching a song they’ve never heard to a bunch of beery strangers who might not be able to sing. It’s a hell of a ride.
- by Michael Bachelard
Interview
Lunch with
Ego, pain and ADHD: The unusual determination of Dave Hughes
Lying on the beach in agony, waiting for an ambulance that never showed up, one thing was clear to the comedian: this would definitely make it into his stand-up show.
- by Stephen Brook
Perspective
World War I
In war, the horror is the only thing you can believe
Truth has been a stranger to wars of the past, and remains alien to current wars.
- by Tony Wright