Kate McClymont

Sydney

Chief Investigative Reporter at Sydney Morning Herald

Award-winning investigative journalist at the Sydney Morning Herald/Age. [email protected]

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1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Kate McClymont
Sydney’s Fayad family, a $3b trail of debt and their new plan to avoid creditors

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Kate McClymont

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Sydney’s Fayad family, a $3b trail of debt and their new plan to avoid creditors

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Kate McClymont

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With personal debts of more than $2.8 billion, controversial property developer Sam Fayad has attained the unfortunate record of what is believed to be the largest bankruptcy in Australian history. Much of the debt is due to Fayad giving personal guarantees on business loans for his failed development empire.
Sydney’s Fayad family, a $3b trail of debt and their new plan to avoid creditors

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Kate McClymont

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WiseTech billionaire Richard White reaches settlement with third woman

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Kate McClymont |Max Mason

By Kate McClymont and Max MasonUpdated April 28, 2025 — 6.30pmfirst published at 6.26pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Richard White, WiseTech Global’s billionaire executive chairman, has reached a settlement with a third woman who has raised allegations against him, this time that he had provided her with financial assistance and help with her visa in return for sex.
WiseTech billionaire Richard White reaches settlement with third woman

2 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Kate McClymont |Max Mason

Instead, he supported her financially, paid for her English lessons and rented her an apartment in Mascot, south of Sydney’s CBD. Heidemann claims that White’s conduct “was calculated and premeditated” and that he subjected her to “degrading treatment” by attaching her financial security and immigration status to his “sexual demands”. In October, White separately settled with Sydney wellness entrepreneur Linda Rogan.
Richard White settles with woman who alleged she had sex for visa

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Max Mason |Kate McClymont

Apr 28, 2025 – 5.32pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? WiseTech Global’s billionaire executive chairman, Richard White, has settled with a former employee who alleged he had provided her with financial assistance and help with her visa in return for sex.
Corruption figure to keep ‘socks and jocks’ along with $30 million

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Kate McClymont

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jailed former Labor minister Eddie Obeid will get to keep his “socks and jocks” as well as the $30 million he made from a corrupt coal licence deal following the NSW Crime Commission’s conclusion that pursuing a criminal confiscation case against he and his family was not feasible. “It’s a sad but unavoidable conclusion,” the NSW Crime Commissioner, Michael Barnes, said.
Corruption figure to keep ‘socks and jocks’ along with $30 million

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Kate McClymont

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Corporate watchdog launches investigation into billionaire Richard White’s share trading

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Kate McClymont |Max Mason

By Kate McClymont and Max Mason April 17, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The corporate regulator’s inquiries into WiseTech Global founder Richard White’s share trading and the software giant’s market disclosures have progressed from a preliminary stage to a formal investigation.