The news cycle this week has — quite rightly — come to be dominated by the systemic and cultural failures that allowed our special forces to allegedly commit war crimes while on duty in Afghanistan. On that topic, we’ve had expert on military abuse James Connor examining some hard questions about how we got to this point, and what comes next.

This week we also published our investigation into another systemic failure: despite the NDIS’ “zero-tolerance” on fraud, we’ve found shonky NDIS providers have drained the bank accounts of people with disabilities, with low-level fraud going unprosecuted.

Elsewhere, we’ve looked at Hugh Marks’ sudden departure from Nine, the News Corp AGM (and the anatomy of an Australian exclusive), and the US election drama that just won’t seem to end.

AMBER SCHULTZ 5 minute read

The NDIS says it has zero tolerance for fraudulent disability providers, but a former investigator tells Inq that fraudulent claims are all too common.

GUY RUNDLE 5 minute read

In not much more than a fortnight, Donald Trump has achieved what no one in the US has been capable of since the Civil War.

DAVID HARDAKER 6 minute read

When the body in charge of regulating pay TV is stacked with Foxtel's own executives, why are we surprised when Sky News' baseless conspiracy theories go unchallenged?

GUY RUNDLE 4 minute read

Last week's bombshell Four Corners report missed the real story. Guy Rundle on the rotten core of Australian politics and culture.

GEORGIA WILKINS 2 minute read

The defence bosses responsible for implementing any inquiry recommendations were all trained through the SAS themselves.

DAVID HARDAKER 3 minute read

Inspired by Sky. Cooked in a dark room. Delivered by the Oz. This is how a News Corp exclusive is made

AMBER SCHULTZ 4 minute read

There's a lot on the line for highly decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith, who finds himself at the centre of a war crimes investigation as well as a defamation suit.

DAVID HARDAKER 3 minute read

Sky News' digital strategy has allowed its partisan video content to enjoy an explosive growth online.

MICHAEL BRADLEY 6 minute read

Australian democracy has enough structural weaknesses that it's not hard to imagine what's happening in the US happening here too.

STEPHEN MAYNE 4 minute read

Rupert Murdoch continued his long and shameless record of suppressing shareholder participation and debate at this morning’s News Corp AGM.

GEORGIA WILKINS 3 minute read

A Joe Biden presidency could be a problem for some of Australia's loudest Trump fans.