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
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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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4 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Liam Walsh
Secret phone taps captured expletive-laden conversations between a crooked mayor, political powerbrokers and councillors during the controversial ousting of a whistleblowing bureaucrat, court documents allege. "Bitch with the glasses" and "Well f***en get on the team, bitch" were among comments picked up by corruption investigators probing Logan City Council, south of Brisbane, according to the court documents.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Liam Walsh
In 1996, as the Sydney Olympics loomed, a fundraising document went out for a unique investment in the stadium slated to host the upcoming Games. The prospectus was decorated with pictures of long-jumpers, footballers, a gigantic Olympic torch. "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for all Australians to share in this historic moment," the prospectus said. These "Gold Package" offers cost $10,000 each.
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