Maddison Connaughton
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Investigations Reporter at Background Briefing
🎧 @BackgroundBrief | work in @guardian, @nytimes, @foreignpolicy, @4Corners etc | views my own
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6 days ago |
abc.net.au | Tynan King |Maddison Connaughton
When Michael Farrelly stepped out onto a Gold Coast street in late 2016, wearing a jumper plastered in oversized Chanel logos, an ABC TV crew was waiting for him. As he walked to a waiting convertible, the self-described "serial entrepreneur" dodged questions about charging patients as much as $44,000 for untested stem cell therapy with the promise it could treat everything from multiple sclerosis to cancer.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Maddison Connaughton
Every day, Australians lose about $40 million on poker machines — devices deeply woven into the country's economic and political fabric. The man who helped pioneer this industry, Len Ainsworth, has amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune. In recent decades, he's channelled much of this wealth into philanthropy, wielding quiet influence from behind the scenes. Nelson Nghe was shocked when he heard the name: "The Ainsworth Family Gallery".
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2 months ago |
johnmenadue.com | Maddison Connaughton
A controversy threatens to blow the alliances nuclear submarine deal out of the water, writes Maddison Connaughton in a new article for Foreign Policy. In the wake of Paul Keating’s dramatic foray into the debate over the Aukus defence pact, much of the breathless media coverage zeroed in on his personal criticisms of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard Marles.
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Aug 9, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Maddison Connaughton |Tynan King
The salesman promised to "make men huge" and send their "sex drive through the roof". Then he disappeared with their money.
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Jun 16, 2024 |
vice.com | Maddison Connaughton |James Courtney
This article originally appeared on VICE Australia.Katoomba is a strange place. Probably the best description I've heard is that it has "a strong Twin Peaks vibe." It's a small town in New South Wales, Australia surrounded by the beauty of the Blue Mountains, seemingly populated by busloads of camera-clutching tourists and backpackers with white boy dreads. It's the kind of place where the local store sells jackets like like:But Katoomba is also home to a cult.
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