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Clavicular, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, is the face of ‘looksmaxxing’, a movement promising young men ‘ascension’ to greater attractiveness that is also considered a pipeline to toxic incel ideology.

Who are ‘looksmaxxers’? And why are they calling other men ‘sub-human’?

Meet the men, and boys, who are smoking crystal meth and risking their fertility in a bid to become their most beautiful selves.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris

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Joy and Roger Membrey in 2005, with a picture of their daughter, Elisabeth, who was killed in 1994. There is a million-dollar reward for information on the Membrey murder.

A cold case, a new suspect, and fresh hope for a mother desperate for answers

For three decades, Joy has been hunting for answers over the murder of 22-year-old Elisabeth. There have been false dawns but she’s never given up.

  • John Silvester
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
Hanson, with One Nation recruit Barnaby Joyce, says her intention is to form government.

‘Underestimate Hanson and Joyce at your peril’: Shorten’s warning as One Nation rises

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce do not change their convictions to suit a particular issue. It’s a strategy that means, although the Coalition is facing an extinction-level event, Sussan Ley and David Littleproud are not the only ones in danger.

  • Jacqueline Maley and Paul Sakkal
‘Climate whiplash’: From fires to floods and back again

Fires, floods, swimsuits and jumpers in one day: ‘Climate whiplash’ is our new normal

Experts say our weather is “a different beastie”, no longer playing by the old rules. So how can we handle a “diabolical and escalating threat” that’s also unpredictable?

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris
Smoke is seen in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 22, 2023.

It’s not just Sudan. The same destructive forces are coming for other countries too

The death toll in Sudan is now more than Gaza and Ukraine combined. With the new world order, civilisation is a lot more fragile than we like to think.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris
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“Did women ruin the workplace?” To say that women from the across the globe shot back at this question from the New York Times is an understatement.

Did women ruin the workplace? The dangerous irony of The New York Times’ viral opinion piece

Women are gossipy and overly emotional, and so, as they take over more businesses, they are a threat, according to one writer. To say that women across the globe shot back is an understatement.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Diagnosing Murder

Listen to Diagnosing Murder podcast Episode 4

Officials say they’re not keeping track of how many shaken baby syndrome cases there are in Australia, but an unlikely duo is working night and day to find out.

  • Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Diagnosing Murder

Listen to Diagnosing Murder podcast Episode 3

One doctor’s word was all it took for a Melbourne father’s life to turn upside down. But after seven years of suffering, he still describes himself as one of the lucky ones.

  • Michael Bachelard and Ruby Schwartz
Aunty Jill Gallagher described the realisation of treaty as surreal.

Victoria’s historic treaty makes First Peoples feel ‘safe’ – but here’s what it doesn’t include

A common fear that dogged Anthony Albanese’s Voice to parliament referendum campaign will not be realised in the legislation before state members.

  • Samantha Selinger-Morris