From Novak Djokovic’s visa rejection to Labor’s election victories, the flood crisis and an iconic Berlin nightclub, here is a small sample of The Age’s best stories of the year, as selected by staff.
demonstrated the best of what our investigative team can do: it was a powerful human story about women being trafficked into sexual servitude in Australia that exposed significant and appalling regulatory failings by the Australian Border Force and other agencies. Along the way it made alarming discoveries about how education and refugee visas are being misused by cynical syndicates.
. Her series, painstakingly researched, into the refugee-surgeon told the stories of those who feel he let them down all over the world by poor after-care, high-pressure sales tactics and a growth-at-all-costs approach.
which saw billions of dollars washing through Australia. The complex scheme helped the church amass a $US100 billion, tax-free investment fund, calling into question whether its dominant purpose really is a religious one.We’ve nominated the same two series: our work on the ground in Ukraine and Blood Gold. Both were wildly ambitious, almost impossible schemes to launch.
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