The Latest Breaking News from Roger Rogerson

Olympic legend, top silks score highest honours

Olympic legend Cathy Freeman is one of 10 people to receive the top honour at the annual Order of Australia awards.

AAP · Jan 25

Five Great Reads: the ‘trad family’ movement, revenge quitters and how Blue Murder transfixed Australia

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2025

Blue Murder at 30: how the miniseries transfixed Australia – and inspired death threats and bootlegs

Based on the real-life crimes of Neddy Smith, the 1995 two-parter was a ‘love story’ between a corrupt cop and a notorious crook. Everyone knew it would be huge

The Guardian - AU · Sep 1, 2025

Charming and cruel, crooked cop Rogerson tainted to end

Charismatic and cold-blooded is how notoriously corrupt detective Roger Rogerson has been remembered following his death while incarcerated for murder.

AAP · Jan 21, 2024

Crooked killer cop Roger Rogerson dying in hospital

Australia's most notorious crooked cop has been taken from prison to a Sydney hospital, where he is receiving end-of-life care.

AAP · Jan 19, 2024

Corruption 'beyond dispute' at time of Croatian Six

NSW police had a culture of fabricating evidence at the time a group of men were convicted over an alleged terror plot, an inquiry has heard.

AAP · Dec 5, 2023

Inquiry probes 'Croatian Six' convictions for bomb plot

A judicial inquiry is reviewing the convictions of the so-called "Croatian Six", who were jailed over an alleged 1979 plot to blow up targets across Sydney.

AAP · Dec 4, 2023

LZ Granderson: Bass is right to add cops in LA, but quality matters more than quantity

Mayor Karen Bass' push to increase the number of police officers on the streets of L.A. may be viewed by some as a betrayal of progressive ideology, but the reality is people are afraid — and justifiably so.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023

Notorious crooked cop Roger Rogerson will die in jail

Corrupt former policeman Roger Rogerson has lost a final bid to Australia's highest court to have his murder conviction quashed failed.

AAP · Mar 17, 2023

Blue Murder: nothing has exposed Australia’s mean streak better than this sleazy drama

Richard Roxburgh and Tony Martin walk a tightrope of camaraderie and menace as a corrupt policeman and a thug in this startlingly fresh 90s miniseries

The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2022