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Former footy club president denies knowing about abuse

Peter Gordon has claimed he was never told a former Footscray Football Club volunteer abused a 12-year-old boy at the club's oval.

AAP · Oct 31, 2023

His testimony was key to Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction. He says there’s no need for a new trial

Alex Murdaugh’s attorneys are seeking a new trial based on jury tampering claims. Dr Kenny Kinsey is not buying it, Andrea Cavallier reports from CrimeCon

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Buster Murdaugh breaks silence on Stephen Smith killing – and calls father Alex a ‘psychopath’

Despite insisting Alex Murdaugh didn’t kill Maggie and Paul, Buster said it was ‘a fair assessment’ to describe his father as a psychopath

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

Reserve Bank might be using sledgehammer to crack a nut

Prominent economists say a broad range of economic policies are needed to tackle inflation with RBA rate hikes ineffective against key sources of inflation.

AAP · Jul 20, 2023

Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice takes plea deal and agrees to cooperate with FBI in dead housekeeper theft case

Corey Fleming confessed that he had taken part in one of Murdaugh’s financial schemes – and admitted that he knew what he was doing when he did so

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Alex Murdaugh indicted on 22 new financial fraud charges for stealing money from dead housekeeper’s family

Gloria Satterfield died in a ‘trip and fall’ at the Murdaugh family home in 2018

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023

How capitalism is distorting science

Critics say research is hobbled by profit-driven journals. That has far-reaching ramifications for science

Salon · May 10, 2023

Audio reveals Alex Murdaugh blaming dogs for housekeeper’s death – after he walked back claim five years later

‘It’s very convenient that the three people who could contradict Alex are all dead – Paul, Maggie and Gloria,’ says the attorney representing Gloria Satterfield’s sons

The Independent UK · May 8, 2023

Anthony Albanese speaks about frustration over unsuccessful attempts at diplomacy with the US to free Julian Assange

Giving his strongest comments on the case to date, Anthony Albanese tells the ABC he is "frustrated" the US government is continuing its prosecution of Julian Assange despite being "very aware" the prime minister opposes his ongoing incarceration.

ABC News · May 4, 2023