Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award

Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart wins ‘pseudoscience’ award

Former journalist Ross Coulthart,who spun for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith,won the Australian Skeptics’ bent spoon award for his claims about UFOs.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell

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Bitter feud with Mick Gatto sparks gun find,but no charges
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Bitter feud with Mick Gatto sparks gun find,but no charges

Restaurateur Jamal Mohammad allegedly made a series of threats on TikTok against underworld figure Gatto,who responded with his own biting diatribe,but now police are involved.

  • byCameron Houston
Time for Teo’s media supporters to back away from their controversial mate

Time for Teo’s media supporters to back away from their controversial mate

The latest stories revolving around neurosurgeon Charlie Teo should give his many friends in the media pause for thought.

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Reputations and risk:Charlie Teo’s ‘wolf pack’ unleashes torrent of abuse

Reputations and risk:Charlie Teo’s ‘wolf pack’ unleashes torrent of abuse

Talk of rifling a reporter and burning the Herald were not things “any reasonable person” would feel threatened by,according to Teo’s business partner Carlo LoGiudice.

  • byKate McClymont
Notorious underworld figure and suspected hitman back on the streets after 11-year jail stint
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Notorious underworld figure and suspected hitman back on the streets after 11-year jail stint

Police and the underworld are on alert after Gavin “Capable” Preston,one of Melbourne’s most violent gangland figures,was released from prison.

  • byChris Vedelago andCameron Houston
Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

The embattled neurosurgeon says he was driving Ubers to get by. But he still had a spare $10,000 for the underworld identity’s charity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Feds find fast track formula for moving on from forgettable weekend

Feds find fast track formula for moving on from forgettable weekend

Max Verstappen wasn’t the only one putting the past behind him at great speed at Albert Park.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Holy war breaks out at the Christian Lobby
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Holy war breaks out at the Christian Lobby

The departure of ACL frontman Martyn Iles has exposed sharp disagreements over the group’s strategic direction.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Mick Gatto’s lawyer allegedly has jaw broken in CBD assault

Mick Gatto’s lawyer allegedly has jaw broken in CBD assault

Prominent Melbourne lawyer Pat Lennon,who has represented underworld figure Mick Gatto,was allegedly bashed during the lunchtime interval of a court hearing he was a party to.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andCameron Houston
‘The system is corrupt’:Gatto hits out after appeal over ABC report fails

‘The system is corrupt’:Gatto hits out after appeal over ABC report fails

Underworld identity lambasts justice system after losing a defamation case against the ABC,despite the ‘wonderful job’ former attorney-general Christian Porter did as part of his legal team.

  • byDominic Giannini andChris Vedelago
Mick Gatto hires Christian Porter to join his legal fight against ABC

Mick Gatto hires Christian Porter to join his legal fight against ABC

Former attorney-general Christian Porter is joining underworld identity Mick Gatto’s legal team as he looks to take his defamation case against the ABC to the High Court.

  • byErin Pearson andAdam Cooper