Linton Besser
Europe Correspondent at ABC News (Australia)
Prize-winning reporter, writer, broadcaster. Host of ABC’s Media Watch in 2025. This is a personal account, opinions mine etc. Tips: [email protected]
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Sep 8, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Linton Besser |Mayeta Clark |Echo Hui
Australia's largest strata insurance broker has been caught misleading its clients, burying an offer of cheaper insurance from a rival company, and instead recommending a more expensive policy from its own wholly owned firm. The revelation — described as "of concern" by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission — lifts the veil on the growing power of Steadfast Group, a $7 billion publicly traded insurance giant.
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Sep 8, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Linton Besser
We're told the solution to the current housing crisis is high density living. But many of those already in apartments can't trust the companies hired to help them manage their buildings. Four Corners has discovered the strata industry has become dominated by major players that have put a squeeze on consumer choice. Sabra Lane: High-density strata living we often hear is one of the solutions to the housing crisis in Australia, and millions more apartments are in the pipeline.
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Aug 23, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Linton Besser |Mayeta Clark |Echo Hui
The NSW Strata and Property Services Commissioner — responsible for overseeing strata governance and assisting in the regulation of the state's property sector — has failed to publicly disclose more than 500,000 shares in a major real estate and strata services company. John Minns was originally appointed by the state government in November 2021. At the time, he told the public, via an official government biography, that he had "sold his interest in Independent Property Group in mid-2021".
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Jun 3, 2024 |
en.mogaznews.com | Linton Besser
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Jun 3, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Linton Besser
Until recently, I hadn't met many people who had been incarcerated, and I hadn't given much thought to prisons. I certainly hadn't asked myself what happens when they complete their sentence, and walk back outside. So perhaps it was reasonable that chief among my assumptions was this: that our jails are principally concerned with rehabilitating offenders and reducing crime in society. How wrong I was.
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