Shapelle Corby arrived back in Australia earlier this week. One news source reports that “celebrity agent Max Markson believes public demand for Corby stories is undimmed”, while a letter to the editor in a major morning daily makes this point: “She is a convicted drug offender, being treated like a celebrity. I am dismayed at the level to which we stoop in the name of news. I couldn’t care less about Ms Corby”. Cultural studies lecturer, Anthony Lambert from Macquarie University looks at the bigger picture and political and cultural implications of the Shappelle saga for national identity.

Cassandra Sainsbury, locked up in a Columbian jail, accused of attempting to smuggle cocaine - a Shapelle re-boot or something else? Journalist, and editor Alana Schetzer has been following the case as it unfolds across various media platforms.