Liam Walsh
Investigations Reporter at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Reporter investigations at ABC. Ex-Courier-Mail & AFR in Qld, Mainichi Daily News in Japan. [email protected] / [email protected] or post 👇
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Liam Walsh |Ben Butler |Jessica Longbottom
More people have been left scrambling in the wake of a disability accommodation company shutting down operations, including subcontractors, a former AFL footballer and a finance group from Asia. NDISP, which ceased operating this month, has also faced complaints from investors whose properties it oversaw, and from a parent over the care of his son who has a disability.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Ben Butler |Jessica Longbottom |Liam Walsh
Leanne Crumpton's daughter Sally was only three when she died with cerebral palsy. So when the 64-year-old learned about investing in specialty homes suited for people with disability — and the potential windfalls on offer for such NDIS-approved housing — it struck a chord. "I just thought about what it would've been like for her to grow up and be able to have her own home," Ms Crumpton said.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Liam Walsh
Regulators spent $2.8 million probing controversial deals involving Australian childcare giant G8 Education — an investigation that resulted in only one successful criminal action and a $5,000 penalty for a lawyer. The expenditure, including the hiring of barristers and solicitors, illustrates the potential high cost of pursuing corporate cases. But it also comes amid heavy Senate criticism of operations at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Josh Robertson |Liam Walsh
As a child, Simon Holmes à Court loved to burn things. He and his little brother were "big pyromaniacs" who would start grassfires with magnifying glasses, and fashion flamethrowers from a hose and barbecue gas cylinders, he told his mother's biographer. "We lit everything."Decades later, the 52-year-old has ignited a conflagration scorching Australia's political duopoly.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Liam Walsh
Queensland's government has put a politically-connected cybersecurity business into insolvency within six months of it winning a state contract to run a $15 million safety program. Cryptoloc Holdings' liquidation was executed this month in the Supreme Court after failing to repay $1.51 million demanded by the state for money already advanced, the ABC can reveal. Court-filed correspondence shows a disintegration of confidence amid questions about Cryptoloc Holdings' financial strength and spending.
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