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While many booksellers and publishers have battled Australia’s literary censors over the years, it took a secret mission to illegally publish a sexually explicit tale to bring the system to its knees. Portnoy’s Complaint, a 1960s international bestseller by the late American author Philip Roth, details the sexual history of its protagonist, Alexander Portnoy, and

Australia’s toxic love affair with stimulants is in full bloom, driven by a relentless appetite for ice, samples from sewage treatment plants show. The latest analysis of wastewater from 53 sewage plants across Australia has shed more light on the nation’s illicit drug habits. And the news isn’t good when it comes to stimulants –

A British court has ruled that Johnny Depp is in breach of a court order for failing to disclose texts that allegedly show him trying to get hold of drugs. © HAYOUNG JEON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstoc The ruling by Judge Andrew Nicol Monday was made as part of the actor’s libel action against Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper,

A teenage rapist has been jailed for two years after his parents forced him to confess to police. British father Jonathan Evans found out about his son’s crime when he came across a text message apologising to his victim. The 18-year-old carried out the attack in January last year but almost got away with it

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Days after Ciara Glennon became the third woman to vanish off the streets of Claremont in the mid-90s, her father Denis struggled through a press conference appealing for help. “The way she’s been brought up, she will fight,” he said. More than two decades later, during the

SYDNEY • Australia’s Prime Minister said yesterday that his country was under a broad cyber attack from a ”state-based actor” targeting government, public services and businesses, with suspicions falling on China. Warning Australians of ”specific risks” and an increased tempo of attacks, Mr Scott Morrison told a press conference that a range of sensitive institutions

In this Q&A with Financier Worldwide, Mark Pulvirenti shares his insights into the latest trends in corporate fraud & corruption in Australia including recent regulatory developments, key steps to addressing suspicions of fraud or corruption in an organisation and tips on implementing robust fraud and corruption risk management processes at your company. Q. To what

A mass haul of gun silencers and ammunition has been seized from two Perth properties following an investigation by the Australian Border Force. A 30-year-old Perth man will face court today charged over the possession of 24 illegal firearms suppressors — or silencers — and more than 26,000 rounds of unsecured ammunition. ABF officers at

news, latest-news, drug use, regional, tamworth, wastewater report, ice, russell webb ILLEGAL drug use in regional areas has far exceeded city consumption. Wastewater tests by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission reveal regional drug users have turned to ice, MDMA, MDA, cannabis, smoking, alcohol and even prescription pain killers in spades. Tamworth Regional Council crime prevention

Victoria faces a more brazen coronavirus manifestation, recording 64 new cases in the latest 24-hour reporting period:13 cases are linked to known outbreaks; 20 have been identified through routine testing (at a testing clinic or GP); and 31 cases are under investigation, meaning the source of the transmission is not yet known. The localised lockdowns