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A 2023 video of a stormwater tunnel under Hawthorn before and after it was reinforced with concrete.

Beneath our feet: The hidden failures in Melbourne’s sewer tunnels

Collapsing sewer tunnels, botched repairs and a firm silenced for exposing failures — Melbourne Water faces scrutiny over hidden underground risks and wasted millions.

  • Clay Lucas

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WiseTech Global’s founder Richard White said he’s here for the long haul after taking on the role of executive chairman despite the fallout from his personal scandals, which triggered revenue downgrades.

White retakes control of WiseTech, but Trump threat looms

WiseTech’s disgraced founder Richard White has reasserted his control over the $32 billion group following a board exodus, but he faces a backlash from other investors and global trade worries.

  • Colin Kruger
WiseTech founder Richard White.

WiseTech founder Richard White continued to quietly sell off shares

The disruption at the company, one of the country’s most successful technology groups, has sent the share price tumbling.

  • Max Mason and Kate McClymont
Richard White’s personal life didn’t matter to investors … until it did.

WiseTech board purge triggers $10b share plunge as White scandals widen

Disgraced company founder Richard White has effectively been handed control of WiseTech after its independent board members quit, but the subsequent share plunge has cost him billions.

  • Colin Kruger
The fractious relationship of Richard White and Zena Nasser

The billionaire, his lawyer wife – and the secrets of their explosive relationship

Richard White says he would “take a bullet” for his wife but many of the billionaire’s long-time friends are unhappy about the couple’s volatile history.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
WiseTech Global founder Richard White and wife Zena Nasser.

Billionaire Richard White backs away from questionable property deals amid board crisis talks

The beleaguered tech billionaire has called in a $70 million loan he gave to an associate of his wife’s ex-husband – a nut roaster from Lakemba.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
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WiseTech Global founder Richard White and former employee Caroline Heidemann.

Sex for visa: New allegations against billionaire Richard White

The woman alleges the billionaire founder of WiseTech Global created a situation of “economic dependency” and engaged in “unlawful conduct for sexual gratification”.

  • Kate McClymont and Max Mason
GENERICS: New Sydney Fish Market development, Monday 3rd of February 2025. Photo: Dion Georgopoulos / The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Fish Market staring down financial collapse

Sydney Fish Market is due to move to state-of-the-art premises later this year, but a delay in the release of its financial statements has raised concerns that the company may no longer exist.

  • Harriet Alexander
Mudgee Rehab

The luxury retreat for men accused of grievous crimes

In a sleepy corner of a fashionable NSW town, accused criminals chill out in the spa, cool off in the pool, and relax over a game of tennis.

  • Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Amber Schultz
RSL NSW president Mick Bainbridge was a founding partner of the law firm Operational Legal Australia.

RSL NSW president’s firm launches legal action against veterans

Former clients of Mick Bainbridge’s law firm claim they were overcharged for legal advice. The firm is suing them for not paying their fees.

  • Harriet Alexander

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