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Richard Baker

November 2017

Huang Xiangmo, and Sam Dastyari.

Sam Dastyari defends Chinese government in secret tape

The press conference that almost destroyed Sam Dastyari's career has largely been secret. Until now.

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Sam Dastyari's South China Sea comments exposed on tape

Sam Dastyari delivered a deliberate and detailed defence of the Chinese government's aggressive land grab in the South China Sea, an explosive tape recording reveals.

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September 2017

All the banks are vulnerable

Police say all banks, not just CBA, are exposed to money laundering

Crime gangs are laundering up to $5 million a day through Australia's big banks, according to federal and state policing agencies.

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August 2017

Iluka's mine in Sierra Leone.

Iluka Resources caught up in African bribery scandal

A secret inquiry by Iluka Resources has embroiled a leading Sierra Leone presidential candidate, a cabinet minister and high ranking officials in an international bribery scandal.

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July 2017

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Confidential documents were found at the Canberra home of Roger Uren and Sheri Yan during an ASIO raid.

Charges loom for ex-intelligence official Roger Uren after ASIO raid

Police are seeking to charge former high-ranking Australian intelligence official Roger Uren with breaching spy agency secrecy laws.

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June 2017

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Craig Laundy during question time at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 14 June 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Craig Laundy and the China connection

Assistant Minister downplays ties to an 'adviser' linked to a Communist Party lobbying group.

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Darwin Port owner Landbridge seeks $500m loan from China

The Chinese owner of the Port of Darwin is using the port as security to seek a $500 million loan from the Chinese government's trade bank.

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November 2016

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Cyber security experts warned BlueBorne had the potential to cause havoc.

Your mobile phone records and home address for sale

Corrupt insiders at offshore call centres used by Australian companies are offering for sale the private data of customers of Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.

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CIMIC executive chairman Marcelino Fernandez Verdes.

ASIC inquiry launched into CIMIC and Leighton bribery scandal

The corporate watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations Leighton and CIMIC failed to disclose a bribery scandal.

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October 2016

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Mbalam Camp, iron ore deposit in the Congo.

Sundance Resources may have bribed Congo Minister and President

New evidence suggests Sundance Resources may have bribed Congo's Mines and Geology Minister and the country's president.

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December 2015

CFMEU complaint to ACT police minister led to change in policing

The ACT government changed how police treated CFMEU officials, following union complaints to the police minister.

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November 2015

Former Cbus employees charged over CFMEU leak

AFP charges two former senior Cbus employees over leak to construction union.

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