Dominic

Dominic (Antagonist) is control disguised as protection. Where Ethel is clipped, fact-driven, and morally clear, Dominic is smooth, manipulative, and self-justifying. He builds masks — calm, charismatic, philanthropic — then uses them as weapons. His rhythm is steadiness, coercion framed as care: “Not every choice is yours — but that’s safety. That’s why I’m here.” He also highlights the uncomfortable reality that some of the most dangerous people are considered Heros by many.

THE RYKER REPORT: Leaked Psych Eval Details "Hero Complex" and "Calm Menace" Months Before Escape

March 10, 2024 More than a year after the audacious and deeply embarrassing escape of convicted syndicate boss Dominic Ryker from Long Bay Correctional Complex, a damning 3,000 word psychiatric evaluation obtained by The Public Record reveals that prison authorities were given explicit warnings about Ryker's "grandiose" self concept, high manipulative capacity, and unbroken pattern of coercive control just weeks before he vanished. The confidential report, dated February 20,

Kate Jennings

Mar 10, 20247 min read

Dominic Ryker outside the supreme court of NSW. PixelStortion

Analysis | Negative Space: What The Early Spin on Ryker Doesn’t Say

The Ryker myth suggests that only a certain kind of man can “get things done,” and the rest of us should be grateful enough to stop asking questions. That bargain is how corners erode. It’s how a city wakes up twenty years later and wonders why the same names appear on every tender list.

Mara Quinn

Jan 16, 20233 min read

Opinion | On Trial: A Nation’s Appetite for Tearing Down Its Builders

Australia needs people who can say yes when others stall. We need the doers—unyielding, imperfect, decisive. Ryker is one of those. He’s not a choirboy. He never claimed to be. But he built, he hired, he delivered. That matters.

Callum Rourke

Jan 15, 20234 min read