Maddison Connaughton
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Investigations Reporter at Background Briefing
🎧 @BackgroundBrief | work in @guardian, @nytimes, @foreignpolicy, @4Corners etc | [email protected] | views my own
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4 weeks 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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Apr 5, 2024 |
abc.net.au | Maddison Connaughton |Brigid Andersen
It's a battle of good versus evil: the builder versus the Sydney establishment. This is the truth – according to Jean Nassif. Sitting in an upmarket Beirut restaurant, dressed in a polo shirt and puffer jacket, his dark hair neatly cropped, Australia's most notorious developer says he's been hunted from his home. In unsubstantiated claims, he blames a collective of high-profile, powerful Sydney identities who he says campaigned to destroy his empire and harassed him.
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