Nino Bucci

The killing code: strange symbols in a WA settler’s diaries lay bare frontier atrocities Exclusive: Stories of murders passed down by Yamatji elders are confirmed by a cipher hidden in the 1850s journals of prominent pastoralist Major Logue. Now descendants on both sides want to break the...

So proud to work with Lorena, Sarah and Ella on this series.

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Was sure it would be Rip Rip Woodchip #hottest100

She Wanted to Save the World From A.I. Then the Killings Started.

Well this was terrifying www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/b...

Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings will bring ‘lasting reform’ to NT police, says anti-racism officer Both NT police and Territory government claim ‘much has changed’ in six years since 19-year-old was shot dead by police officer in Yuendumu

An important follow on the Walker findings:

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One report, 33 recommendations, but Kumanjayi Walker inquest findings draw on centuries of pain The conclusions of coroner Elisabeth Armitage on how similar deaths could be prevented reflect the impact of colonial massacres and domestic abuse

Spent yesterday in Yuendumu, a place I’d wrote about and thought about for the past five years but never visited

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Australian mushroom murders: Erin Patterson guilty verdict ends weeks of laborious detail and ghoulish fascination Victorian jury convicts 50-year-old who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms, killing three

On ghouls, a triple murder, tragedy

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Way more through East Gippsland than I’ve ever seen before too (have been travelling regularly down there for 15+ years)

The consulting firm allegedly offering private deals and collecting signatures to smooth way for Empire Energy gas sales Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

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A brilliant investigation by @lisacox.bsky.social

#origin

Former sports presenter and CURRENT Port Adelaide board member Warren Tredrea has cited pseudolaw/sovereign citizen ideas when telling a court he's already paid Nine costs for a failed appeal for being sacked for refusing to get vaccinated

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Bailey Smith hits the right note at Geelong but he is no showstopper | Jonathan Horn The Cats midfielder has starred since moving from the Bulldogs as his frantic, full-pelt way suits the way his new team seeks to play

The Horn of Reason sounds again.

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‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds 57 inmates across Australia killed themselves using ligature points that authorities knew about but failed to remove

The first stories from our five-month investigation: Scouring coronial findings from 248 deaths, we found a staggering 57 Australians have killed themselves in the past two decades using hanging points in prisons that authorities knew about but failed to remove www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

A glimpse of hope, then another Aboriginal death in custody: ‘grief-stricken’ campaigners mourn lack of progress In 2020 tens of thousands of people defied Covid restrictions to march in support of the families of Indigenous Australians who have died in custody, as part of the global Black Lives Matter movement....

This does so much heavy lifting, bringing the lens all the way in to the individual horror, and then back out again to the institutional failings.

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Victorian man sentenced for attacks on men he met on Grindr says TikTok vigilante videos inspired him Christian Keryakus, 19, pleads guilty to aggravated burglary, common assault and recklessly causing injury

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Bonus points if it also includes analysis from a numerologist about the significance of the date 20/5/25

Longing for a deeply researched piece on this coalition split that reveals Littleproud made the decision while driving along the Tuggeranong Parkway blasting Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down from a Hilux

The mushroom murders trial begins – podcast Reged Ahmad speaks to courts and justice reporter Nino Bucci on the first week of Erin Patterson’s trial

A case that has gripped the nation, and the world. @ninobucci.bsky.social takes us through the start of Erin Patterson's trial, as the case unfolds in a small, unassuming court room in Aust. Patterson has pleaded not guilty. #FullStory @australia.theguardian.com
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Exclusive - Liberal candidate Zahid Safi’s NDIS business Willow Support Services is being investigated by the NDIS Commission. Full story: www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Murder charges over shooting of gangland lawyer Joseph Acquaro dropped Victoria DPP’s move on charges against Vincenzo Crupi brings end to case that threatened to force police to reveal informer’s identity

Yet another quite remarkable chapter in the handling of police informers in Victoria over the past two decades

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Amid a reckoning on domestic violence, does Australia’s piecemeal approach need a national police strategy? Guardian Australia has asked every police jurisdiction how it assesses risk in family violence offenders to get a better understanding of how the system should work

An uncomfortable truth: police already know about many offenders who murder women - by @ninobucci.bsky.social @jordynbeazley.bsky.social and @bensmee.bsky.social

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The Geelong version of God has the Pope’s covered though

Re “ends call without saying goodbye”, which also used to annoy me, is that it’s actually somewhat common in real life America. Strange phone etiquette there, amongst other things.

‘We want people who can help us’: polls open in Pirlangimpi as AEC makes remote communities push With the Indigenous vote potentially crucial in rural seats such as Lingiari, the electoral commission is stepping up efforts to increase access in remote areas – but many locals feel disillusioned

Ella Archibald-Binge travelled to the Tiwi Islands with the AEC yesterday for the first of 1.5 days of voting in the remote community.

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Mikal Mahdi killed by firing squad as South Carolina pushes execution spree Mahdi, who killed an officer in 2004, endured torture in his childhood and argued he was denied a fair trial

There are a lot of deeply unsettling things going on in the US right now, but this could well be the worst:

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It’s when you take a mark at the start of a footy game, means you’re in good form

AFL star Jesse Hogan and his love of chess: ‘Within a month, I was stone-cold addicted’ Having honed his craft during hours spent travelling with the GWS Giants, it hasn’t been unusual for the forward to be up at 3am playing an online game

Slightly disappointed my suggestion of dubbing him Chesse Hogan wasn’t acted on, but a great yarn nonetheless www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

‘A history of family violence’: in the NT, a mother’s loss and a police system in dire need of overhaul No crime scene was established after Mona’s daughter died. She speaks publicly about the death for the first time to ensure it is not forgotten and to urge action

Please take the time to read this piece. The mother who gave so much of her time to make it possible deserves it.

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Yeah I think so. I thought it was pretty ordinary from Hinkley, but a 20k fine doesn’t necessarily correlate with other indiscretions, and it also seems a bit odd when the media have dined out on it/AFL schedule it so prominently

Overlooked in this whole Port v Hawks rivalry stuff is that Hinkley’s “you’re not flying anywhere Jack” taunt was particularly stupid because Ginnivan was flying back to Melbourne that night

BIZARRE scene in OKC. Luka seems to have been yelling at a fan. The ref thought it was directed toward him... and the ref ejects him!