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Public Defender returns, with $50,000 Fiat refund

The Public Defender reader advocacy service is back with a $50,000 victory over Fiat — and shocking stories from other owners of Ducato vans.

Helen Lee Valaderes was killed in July 2011 when her Toyota Starlet drove into the back of another vehicle at an intersection on the outskirts of Dawin. the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission now considers the Takata airbag to be the cause of Ms Valaderes’s death.

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Takata airbag behind woman’s death, ACCC finds

The ACCC has found a third Australian was killed by a Takata airbag, raising questions about why there was not a coronial inquest.

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‘Sink Farm’ homeowners sue for tens of millions

A class action has been filed on behalf of thousands of homeowners in a sinking southwestern Sydney suburb, with tens of millions of dollars in damages being sought. See the pictures.

Birds eye view of a woman gardener weeding an organic vegetable garden with a hand fork, while kneeling on green grass and wearing red wellington boots.

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The Sydney suburbs producing the most toxic food

A new study says an alarming percentage of veggie gardens are laced with a toxic metal. Find out if your suburb is on the list.

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One of the nation's leading economists says the NBN is turning into a drag on the economy, rather than a boost. AMP boffin Dr Shane Oliver (pictured), who has previously advocated for the NBN, has had an about-face based on his personal experience and those of people he knows. Picture: Dylan Robinson

NBN just a ‘giant step backwards’

ONE of the nation’s most highly regarded economists has reversed his view that the NBN can boost Australia’s productivity after the havoc it caused him and his neighbours.

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Jason Fardoulis with his top of the line Sony video camera, which doesn't work. Sony has had five goes at fixing it but failed every time. Exasperated, Jason took Sony to the consumer tribunal. Initially he lost. He felt his evidence wasn't properly considered. So he appealed - and won. Picture: Troy Snook

Why I’ll never buy another Sony product

AFTER this man told me the saga surrounding his $4500 camera, I’ll never buy a Sony product. The company has tried (and failed) on five occasions to fix Jason Fardoulis’ top-of-the-range device.

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REUTERS PHOTO - A policeman escorts men who they said were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of tricking American citizens into sending them money by posing as U.S. tax officials, at a court in Thane, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - RTSR0EI

’Friends’ who get you to commit fraud

PUBLIC DEFENDER: HUNDREDS of Australians have been unwittingly “recruited via Facebook” to launder money for organised crime gangs this year alone.

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L-R. Sabastino Finocchairo , Deb Smith , Jackie Young and Adrienne Collins on the footpath that runs past their Shirley st homes. They are having to pay for 50 per cent of the cost of a new footpath, even though the council got a special rate variation of 6.5 per cent for new footpath. Picture by Mark Scott

Angry ratepayers hit twice in footpath farce

THESE ratepayers have been asked to pay for half the cost of a new footpath outside their homes even though their council jacked up rates by 6.9 per cent a year for four years to pay for the pavement.

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Simon Collins, after changing banks, made a mistake entering his bank account details for receiving his investment property rental income. The money went somewhere else and Public Defender has helped Simon recover his lost money. Pic Nathan Edwards

Accounts mix ups shouldn’t cost you

AFTER switching to Adelaide Bank, Simon Collins gave his new details to the real estate agent who collected rent on his investment property. But two incorrect digits meant his cash went to somebody else’s account.

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