Julian Morgans
Critically Endangered Tiger Shot Dead After Escaping Zoo and Killing Zookeeper
A cassowary, an ostrich and a monkey were also found dead at the zoo after a landslide released two Sumatran tigers.
One Woman’s Mission to Visit Every Single Big Thing in Australia
Shez Tedford has visited 250 big things and counting. We asked her what she's learned about Australia's national character.
Documents Reveal China’s Plan to Build Island City Off Australian Coast
“New Daru City” would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and sit just 124 miles from the Australian mainland.
Vigilante Group that Removed Kids from ‘Sexually Abusive Parents’ to Stand Trial
The syndicate, run by an Australian doctor, is accused of abducting children from their custodial fathers and unlawfully returning them to their mothers.
Two Bangladeshi Brothers Are Trying to Save This Dog From Extinction
The Sarails hound is believed to have descended from English greyhounds owned by colonial landlords. Today there's around 40 in existence.
Inside One of Australia’s Biggest Legal Weed Farms
Australia's medicinal weed industry is currently all about tinctures and pills. But these guys believe dank buds are the future.
Darknet Drug Markets Continued Their March to Dominance in 2020
The percentage of people who reported buying their drugs from dark web vendors has tripled since 2014, according to the latest Global Drug Survey.
I Was a Volcano Tour Guide Until it Exploded
When New Zealand's White Island erupted in 2019, Jake Milbank was inside the crater. Blind luck kept him alive.
Police Just Hijacked the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Malware’ Network
Investigators hacked the hackers and brought down the syndicate from the inside.
Drug Cartels Used Australian Banks to Launder $380m
It turns out major criminal syndicates have been routing funds through Australia, buying and selling electronics equipment to clean their cash.
Police Raid Homes Following Shutdown of World’s Largest Darknet Marketplace
Less than a fortnight since DarkMarket was taken offline, authorities seized laptops, phones, hard drives and bank cards from several Australian properties.
‘Asia’s El Chapo’, One of the World’s Most Wanted Men, Has Been Arrested
Drug baron Tse Chi Lop ran a multinational crime syndicate that made $17 billion a year funnelling meth and heroin into the Asia-Pacific.