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Stephen Drill covers organised crime, business and the politics of sport. His investigative podcasts include Mafia’s Web, Bikie’s Inc. and Faith On Trial. Drill was Europe correspondent for the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail and Adelaide Advertiser from 2019 to 2021. The Walkley Award winner has also worked at The Wall Street Journal in New York and The Sun in London.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos, AUGUST 24 2022 - John Setka. CFMEU leader John Setka pictured in Adelaide in 2022. Picture: NewsWire/ Roy VanDerVegt

Revealed: John Setka’s six-figure CFMEU ‘golden parachute’

The amount of money John Setka was paid to walk away from the scandal-plagued construction union CFMEU has been revealed.

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Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were on a dream holiday in Southeast Asia when they fell critically ill. Credit: 7NEWS

Eight detained, third Aussie ill with methanol poisoning

The names of eight people detained over the suspected methanol poisoning that has killed six, including two Aussies, have been released. It comes as a third Aussie is showing symptoms.

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Dad’s plea as details emerge about vodka that killed Aussie teens

The grieving father of one of the Melbourne teens who died in a mass poisoning in Laos has spoken out, as new details are revealed about the methanol-laced vodka blamed for the deaths.

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Holly Bowles is critically ill after a suspected mass poisoning during a holiday in South-East Asia. Picture: Facebook

‘Holly is now at peace’: Second Melb teen dies from methanol poisoning

Holly Bowles has died from methanol poisoning following a mass drink-spiking incident in Laos, with her family issuing a heartbreaking statement.

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Aussie teens caught up in methanol poisoning incident

Final hours of Aussie teens poisoned: What went wrong

Another backpacker poisoned at the same bar as the two Aussies has come forward and revealed a disturbing account of what she experienced moments before tragedy hit.

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Sixth person dies after drinking at bar where Aussie teens fell ill

New details have emerged after six people, including Aussie teenagers Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, died from suspected methanol poisoning.

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Simone White from Kent in the UK was holidaying in Laos when she and her friends became ill Credit: Facebook

British tourist dead after drinking shots in Laos

A UK lawyer with a promising future has tragically died after she was caught up in a suspected mass drink poisoning in Laos.

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Melbourne teens Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones.

Travel warning for Aussies raised as Laos bar linked to Mafia

Travel advice for Australians travelling to Laos has been updated as the seedy bar where two Melbourne girls were poisoned is linked to organised crime. Warning: Graphic

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Sydney man Osemah Elhassen who was extradited from Colombia to the US over the weekend on AN0M charges. Picture: Supplied https://www.agenciapi.co/noticia/justicia/ciudadano-australiano-capturado-por-integrar-red-criminal-trasnacional

Comanchero-linked Sydney fixer jailed in US over AN0M sting

A Sydney man, with links to suspected cocaine kingpin Hakan Ayik, will spend years behind bars after he was the first person to be sentenced in relation to the AN0M sting in the US.

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Dr Kevin Rudd hosted people for the annual Friends of Australia Caucus Dinner at the Embassy, including Congressman Andy Barr, Senator Pete Ricketts, Congresswoman Susie Lee, Congressman Joe Courtney, Congressman James Moylan and Joe Hockey. picture Twitter / X

Rudd emerges after anti-Trump videos surface

Kevin Rudd has opened up about the US-Australia relationship after a warning from a senior Trump adviser and calls for him to resign.

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