Mayeta Clark

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Dan Oakes |Kirsten Robb |Mayeta Clark |Maryanne Taouk

It takes less than 30 seconds after entering a store in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs before we have a pack of illicit cigarettes in our hands. There are no screening questions. No suspicious looks. In fact, the black-market tobacconist — on Buckley Street in the bustling suburb of Noble Park — is having a sale on Manchester cigarettes. "It's still on special — $13," the cashier says. The store quickly fills with more people waiting to be served. Metres away is another tobacconist.

Oct 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Amy Donaldson |Mayeta Clark |Lara Sonnenschein

The federal government has announced it will ban dynamic pricing, a controversial tactic which drives prices up when demand increases, following a Four Corners' investigation. It's also committed to outlawing hidden fees in concert tickets and drip pricing where extra costs are "added throughout the stages of a purchase".

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.

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".

Jun 16, 2024 | abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Dylan Welch |Mayeta Clark |Mridula Amin |Nick Wiggins

/ Posted 3 minutes agoThe long arm of the Indian state is reaching Australians and threatening national security. Late one night in January 2023, Harjinder Singh's phone rang while he drove his taxi around Melbourne. It was a man he'd never met, speaking Punjabi, with a veiled threat: Stop the referendum going ahead or "the result will be bad". A flag blows outside Harjinder's house for a nation that doesn't exist.