So now we know: Erin Patterson will be 82 before she gets the chance to get out of jail; if she gets out at all.

This will make her one of Victoria’s longest-serving female inmates.

But the revelations from Patterson’s sentencing hearing, in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday morning, leaned less to the historic, and more to the primal.

Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson, on the people impacted by Patterson’s premeditated and pitiless cruelty, and what the judge made of them. And the unexpected moments of mercy and forgiveness that Patterson was, nevertheless, offered by one of them.

So now we know: Erin Patterson will be 82 before she gets the chance to get out of jail; if she gets out at all. This will make her one of Victoria&rsquo;s longest-serving female inmates. But the revelations from Patterson&rsquo;s sentencing hearing, in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday morning, leaned less to the historic, and more to the primal. Today, crime and justice reporter Erin Pearson, on the people impacted by Patterson&rsquo;s premeditated and pitiless cruelty, and what the judge made of them. And the unexpected moments of mercy and forgiveness that Patterson was, nevertheless, offered by one of them.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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'No remorse, no pity': The sentencing of mushroom cook Erin Patterson

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The protests that have been spreading across Iran now, for weeks, have been growing more violent. Video footage and eye witnesses described security forces opening fire on protesters, while reports from human rights agencies say the death toll is in the hundreds.

But could these protests tip over into a counter-revolution? Might Iran’s brutal supreme leader, Ayotollah Ali Khamenei, and his regime, be overthrown?

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian middle eastern scholar, spent 804 days in an Iranian prison, before being released in 2020. Today, she discusseshow this uprising differs from previous ones in Iran. And what it will take, for the Iranian regime to fall.

The protests that have been spreading across Iran now, for weeks, have been growing more violent. Video footage and eye witnesses described security forces opening fire on protesters, while reports from human rights agencies say the death toll is in the hundreds. But could these protests tip over into a counter-revolution? Might Iran&rsquo;s brutal supreme leader, Ayotollah Ali Khamenei, and his regime, be overthrown? Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian middle eastern scholar, spent 804 days in an Iranian prison, before being released in 2020. Today, she discusses how this uprising differs from previous ones in Iran. And what it will take, for the Iranian regime to fall.

Is the Iranian regime about to collapse?

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While firefighters in Victoria battle devastating bush fires that have destroyed homes and livestock, at the other end of the country, Queenslanders were bracing for floods from ex-tropical cyclone Koji.

Today, David Bowman, a professor of pyrogeography and fire science at the University of Tasmania, on what causes this climate whiplash and how our changing climate is worsening our extreme weather.

While firefighters in Victoria battle devastating bush fires that have destroyed homes and livestock, at the other end of the country, Queenslanders were bracing for floods from ex-tropical cyclone Koji.
Today, David Bowman, a professor of pyrogeography and fire science at the University of Tasmania, on what causes this climate whiplash and how our changing climate is worsening our extreme weather.

Floods at one end, bushfires at the other. What's behind Australia's climate 'whiplash'

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On the first day of the new year, Donald Trump wrote on his social platform Truth Social, what he wanted for 2026. And I quote, “Peace, peace on earth”. 

Two days later, Trump invaded Venezuela. And now, the American president is threatening to invade at least four other countries. 

Today, Bruce Wolpe, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre, and a former congressional staffer, on whether Trump’s imperialist aggression, and a recent mutiny of more than a dozen top-ranking MAGA members, might break his hold on power.

On the first day of the new year, Donald Trump wrote on his social platform Truth Social, what he wanted for 2026. And I quote, &ldquo;Peace, peace on earth&rdquo;.&nbsp;
Two days later, Trump invaded Venezuela. And now, the American president is threatening to invade at least four&nbsp;other countries.&nbsp;
Today, Bruce Wolpe, senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre, and a former congressional staffer, on whether Trump&rsquo;s imperialist aggression, and a recent mutiny of more than a dozen top-ranking MAGA members, might break his hold on power.

First Trump invaded Venezuela. But it may not be Greenland that's next

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'No remorse, no pity': The sentencing of mushroom cook Erin Patterson

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