Dan Oakes

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Dan Oakes |Kirsten Robb |Mayeta Clark |Maryanne Taouk

It takes less than 30 seconds after entering a store in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs before we have a pack of illicit cigarettes in our hands. There are no screening questions. No suspicious looks. In fact, the black-market tobacconist — on Buckley Street in the bustling suburb of Noble Park — is having a sale on Manchester cigarettes. "It's still on special — $13," the cashier says. The store quickly fills with more people waiting to be served. Metres away is another tobacconist.

Mar 28, 2024 | journaltimes.com | Dan Oakes

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Nov 6, 2023 | lexology.com | Chad Landmon |Dan Oakes

Attempting to put some teeth into the policy statement that it issued last month, the FTC sent letters to 10 pharmaceutical companies, asserting that their listing of over 100 patents in FDA's Orange Book for a variety of products is improper.

Aug 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Dan Oakes |Benjamin Sveen |Ingrid Wagner |Leila Shunnar |Simon Branthwaite |Tim Roxburgh | +1 more

ALICE BRENNAN: Welcome to Background Briefing. We're the pod that puts Australia’s best investigations in your feed every week. My name is Alice Brennan. Before we get started, one quick thing. If you support investigative journalism ­– if you like what we do here on Background Briefing ­– do us a tiny favour and give us a rating or a review where you get your podcasts. It helps other people find us. Also: a language warning for the show this week.

Jul 25, 2023 | abc.net.au | Fatima Olumee |Sarah Curnow |Dan Oakes

The Australian Tax Office has admitted criminals have fraudulently claimed more than half a billion dollars from the Commonwealth by exploiting a gap in the ATO's ID checking system. ABC Investigations confirmed the security breach after a long battle to get documents under Freedom of Information laws. Security experts are stunned the fraud is only coming to the public's attention now.