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Notorious 07 | My friend, the cop killer Pt 1

One morning reporter Josh Robertson woke up, read the headlines, and made a terrible realisation.

Published: FriFri 19 Jul 2024 at 7:00pm

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What was this rugby league fan from the suburbs doing with ISIS?

Hamza Elbaf has been shut off from the outside world for the past five years. The Australian citizen doesn't even know who the prime minister is. He's one of thousands of suspected ISIS fighters being held in Syrian prisons.

A gaunt man in brown prison garb stares straight ahead at the camera

Published: 12 Jul 2024Fri 12 Jul 2024 at 7:35pm

“金钱永远是赢家”：走进悉尼的地下砍树业

他们有时手持电锯，有时手持毒药，而且经常在光天化日之下作案。那么，为什么悉尼的“树木杀手”这么难以被绳之以法呢？

Published: 10 Jul 2024Wed 10 Jul 2024 at 2:01am

'Money always wins': Inside Sydney's underground tree-killing industry

Sometimes they're armed with a chainsaw, sometimes a bottle of poison, and often they're operating in broad daylight. So why is it so hard to catch Sydney's tree killers?

Published: 10 Jul 2024Wed 10 Jul 2024 at 1:52amby Brigid Andersen, Tynan King and Ilham Issak

How Daniel Duggan went from 'top gun' pilot to 'high-risk inmate'

Facing up to 65 years in prison, Australian "top gun" pilot, Daniel Duggan, says he's an innocent man in a high-stakes game between the US and China. So, is he?

Published: 29 Jun 2024Sat 29 Jun 2024 at 1:02amby Maddison Connaughton, Benjamin Sveen and Wing Kuang

Faulty Towers

Faulty Towers 02 | 'The scummiest landlord in the state'

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following program contains references to a deceased Indigenous Australian.

Duration: 38 minutes

Published: 18 Oct 2022Tue 18 Oct 2022 at 11:13pmby Mayeta Clark

Faulty Towers 01 | The birdman of Surry Hills

From piles of rubbish to leaking sewers, rats, and gas leaks.

A man in white inside a room, sitting on arm chair surrounded by framed photographs and parrots.

Duration: 44 minutes

Published: 18 Jul 2023Tue 18 Jul 2023 at 5:28amby Mario Christodoulou

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Notorious 07 | My friend, the cop killer Pt 1

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Notorious 06 | From Sydney to a Syrian prison

Notorious 05 | Killers in the suburbs

Notorious 04 | From top gun to wanted man

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