Film review: Nitram

Director Justin Kurzel goes where many filmmakers would fear to tread with his chilling new film – tracing events in killer Martin Bryant’s life leading up to the Port Arthur massacre.

Former LNP minister defects to One Nation

UPDATED: Former Queensland racing minister Steve Dickson has defected from the Liberal National Party to One Nation.

Tourists read names on a memorial at the site of the Port Arthur massacre. Photo: AP

The man Tasmania wants to forget

Two decades after he killed 35 people in a bloody rampage at Port Arthur, lone gunman Martin Bryant is still believed to thrive on the notoriety of his crime.

Keeping gun control tight: a matter of national conscience

On the anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, legal commentator Morry Bailes sifts through the evidence in favour of John Howard’s gun control laws.