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Pablo Barnes

Pablo Barnes

Pablo Barnes is a Video Journalist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in Lebanon after sustained airstrikes from Israel. The death toll has surpassed five hundred.
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Almost 700,000 people displaced in Lebanon as Israeli attacks continue

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in Lebanon after sustained airstrikes from Israel. The death toll has surpassed five hundred.

  • Pablo Barnes

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Con Christopoulos has been a part of Melbourne's dining scene for decades, helping shape the city's culture. But despite his influence, he keeps a low profile.
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Legendary restaurateur Con Christopoulos sits down for a rare interview

Con Christopoulos has been a part of Melbourne's dining scene for decades, helping shape the city's culture. But despite his influence, he keeps a low profile.

  • Pablo Barnes
Crime seems to be woven into the very fabric of Melbourne. Most passersby wouldn’t know about the secrets bubbling under the surface. But John Silvester does.
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A Tour of Naked City, Melbourne's hidden history of organised crime

Crime seems to be woven into the very fabric of Melbourne. Most passersby wouldn’t know about the secrets bubbling under the surface. But John Silvester does.

  • Pablo Barnes
In 1962, rival families fought for control of Queen Victoria Market. John T. Cusack warned of the mafia's power. He was ignored, until his report came true.
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The American investigator who exposed Melbourne’s mafia was ignored

In 1962, rival families fought for control of Queen Victoria Market. John T. Cusack warned of the mafia's power. He was ignored, until his report came true.

  • Pablo Barnes
John Silvester’s Naked City: Market Murders, The Great Bookie Robbery, Russell Street bombing, Neighbourhood Wine, coffee with Carl Williams and the Black Prince of Lygon Street, St Mary Star of the Sea.

A bloody mafia war, a heist and a courthouse execution: The secrets bubbling below a city’s surface

Coffee with Carl Williams, sacred sites where gangsters roam free: This is the dark history of Australia’s underbelly

  • John Silvester and Pablo Barnes
Not every shadowy underworld figure is publicity shy. In fact, some, like Carl Williams, weren’t afraid to ring up John Silvester and ask him to coffee.
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What happens when notorious gangsters invite you for coffee

Not every shadowy underworld figure is publicity shy. In fact, some, like Carl Williams, weren’t afraid to ring up John Silvester and ask him to coffee.

  • Pablo Barnes
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Behind a reinforced steel door was once a plush illegal casino, the passion project of the Black Prince of Lygon Street. Now, it’s a groovy wine bar.
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The hidden gangster’s paradise that’s now a trendy Melbourne bar

Behind a reinforced steel door was once a plush illegal casino, the passion project of the Black Prince of Lygon Street. Now, it’s a groovy wine bar.

  • Pablo Barnes
Many walking past St Mary Star of the Sea in West Melbourne every day would not know the church’s true history, nor its links to the city’s underworld.
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The sacred site linking generations of Melbourne’s mafia

Many walking past St Mary Star of the Sea in West Melbourne every day would not know the church’s true history, nor its links to the city’s underworld.

  • Pablo Barnes
Where there is demand, organised crime will supply. And what’s in demand now is illicit tobacco.
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Illicit tobacco: The underworld’s new frontier

Where there is demand, organised crime will supply. And what’s in demand now is illicit tobacco.

  • Pablo Barnes
Constable Angela Taylor became the first Australian policewoman killed in the line of duty when criminals out for revenge bombed Victoria Police’s headquarters.
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The Russell St bombing and the policewoman who paid the ultimate price

Constable Angela Taylor became the first Australian policewoman killed in the line of duty when criminals out for revenge bombed Victoria Police’s headquarters.

  • Pablo Barnes