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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

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

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Australia's most notorious corrupt cop spent his final moments bedridden and lapsing in and out of consciousness, an inquest into his death has been told.

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Coroner to examine killer cop Roger Rogerson's death

An inquest into the death of Australia's most notorious cop, who died in January while serving a life sentence for murder, will be held later in the year.

AAP

Roger Rogerson: the ‘icon of the force’ who became the ‘best policeman money could buy’

Rogerson, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of Jamie Gao, had a high IQ, epic courage, brilliant instincts for policing and a talent for manipulating people

The Guardian - AU

Roger Rogerson epitomised notorious cop corruption era

Roger Rogerson's charismatic, hard-man status captured the public's attention but as his life imploded he became the face of police corruption in Australia.

AAP

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.

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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.

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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

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

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

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

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

Convicted McCulkins' killer Vincent O'Dempsey denies involvement in fatal Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing, Brisbane inquest told

A reopened inquest into the deaths of 15 people who were killed in a firebombing at the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane in 1973 ends, with convicted killer Vincent O'Dempsey giving evidence.

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Murderer denies role in fatal club attack

A man convicted of murdering a woman and her daughters has denied involvement in the fatal Whiskey Au Go Go attack, dismissing other evidence as lies.

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Roger Rogerson denies Whiskey involvement

Roger Rogerson has told an inquest he did not make threats in order to stop a heroin operation at the Whiskey Au Go Go before the 1973 nightclub firebombing.

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Investigator warned of Whiskey firebombing

An immigration officer warned then special investigator Bernard Collaery the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub would be burnt ahead of the fatal 1973 firebombing.

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Sister left 'broken' after Whiskey attack

Visions of her parents dealing with her brother's death in the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing are etched in Helen Palethorpe's mind, an inquest has been told.

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The Guardian - AU

Pirates, pigs and sex work: the extraordinary life of a bookseller at the end of the world

Ruth Shaw has survived trauma, deserted the navy, been married four times and arrested twice. Now she sells books in New Zealand’s Fiordland – when she’s not giving them away

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Rogerson called to testify in Qld inquest

Detective-turned-convicted murderer Roger Rogerson will be called to testify in the inquest into the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing that killed 15 people.

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Mother in fear after firebomb confession

A woman says her family lived in fear after she heard a confession about the fatal firebombing of a nightclub, as lawyers apply for Roger Rogerson to testify.

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