ATC disbands mounted security division after staff plead guilty to horse mistreatment charges
The Australian Turf Club has fired senior staff and shut down its mounted security operation in the wake of a horse mistreatment scandal.
- by Eamonn Duff
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Inside the greyhound export racket: Ringleaders found guilty of 464 charges
They purchased other people's unwanted greyhounds for $500 each and then doubled their money by making the dogs disappear.
- by Eamonn Duff
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Australian greyhounds forced to race cheetahs at Shanghai Wild Animal Park
Unwanted Australian greyhounds have been exported to a Chinese theme park where they languish in concrete cells and are forced to race cheetahs to earn their keep.
- by Eamonn Duff
St Andrew's Cathedral School at war with massage parlour offering erotic schoolgirl service
One of Sydney's oldest high schools is at war with an alleged illegal brothel that is enticing clients through its doors with workers dressed as school girls.
- by Eamonn Duff
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Illegal brothel complaints spike after NSW government blocks sex industry reform
Complaints about the spread of illegal brothels have jumped by more than a third in Sydney since recommendations to improve industry regulations were blocked by the NSW government last year.
- by Eamonn Duff
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Fair Work Ombudsman snares Sydney security firm Unimet for underpaying staff
In her spare time, Natalie Kisbee is a blossoming country singer. But she is also a security company boss who has been caught underpaying workers tens of thousands of dollars.
- by Eamonn Duff
RSPCA launch independent investigation into alleged horse cruelty at ATC
The horse cruelty scandal at the Australian Turf Club has escalated after the nation's peak animal welfare body announced its own independent investigation into claims of mistreatment.
- by Eamonn Duff
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Drugging of horses 'normal procedure' at Australian Turf Club, inquiry told
Australian Turf Club employees engaged in a "deliberate program", a Racing NSW inquiry hears.
- by Eamonn Duff
In flood-ravaged Lismore, Angela Nutt has a fortunate escape
Angela Nutt, 89, is one of a handful of Lismore shopkeepers who survived the catastrophic floods unscathed.
- by Eamonn Duff
Hero mother Stephanie King died with child in arms as car sank in Tweed River
Stephanie King died heroically with her child in her arms as car sank in the Tweed River
- by Eamonn Duff and Megan Levy
Police recover three bodies from Tweed River at Tumbulgum
A 43-year-old mother died trying to save her children after her car crashed off a slippery road and sank into the Tweed River on Monday, police say.
- by Eamonn Duff and Megan Levy
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