As a former Sydney detective himself, journalist Duncan McNab intimately knows the world of Roger Rogerson, Australia's most notorious ex-policeman. They trained at the same places, rose through the ranks in the same time-honoured way, and served in some of the same divisions yet Rogerson's career was to turn out very differently indeed.
In a vigorous public life spanning 60 years, Abe Saffron has been accused in Australian parliaments, courts and the media of being "Mr Sin", "Gomorrah himself" and a Mr Big of Australian crime. Around the country he's been alleged to be a corrupter of police, politicians and perhaps even the moral fabric of Australian society. But Saffron has always vigorously denied such accusations - even to the extent of taking action in court against those who made them.
They'll come after me. I really am a dead man running."The Australian Federal police have identified motorcycle gangs as the greatest organised crime threat in Australia - more potentially harmful to the community than any terrorist cell. This book tells the bloody story of the criminal involvement of the feared Bandidos gang - and how one man broke their code and turned informant.'We are the people our parents warned us about' is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs.
The Ned Kelly's will be presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival (we'll be there again this year) on the evening of Wednesday 29th July, 2007.
