Joel Tozer
Joel Tozer is a Walkley award winning journalist and TV producer. He has covered major stories around the world and has a particular interest in politics and international affairs.
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Trafficked
Trafficked: Women shunted ‘like cattle’ around Australia for sex work
An international investigation has revealed the identity of the Australia-based Mr Big running a human trafficking ring and an illegal sex racket.
- by Nick McKenzie, Amelia Ballinger and Joel Tozer
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Cosmetic Crisis
Surgeons, priests and media friends: Inside the fight to publish cosmetic investigation
As soon as the founder of the country’s biggest provider of cosmetic procedures realised his lucrative business was under media scrutiny, he pulled out all the stops.
- by Adele Ferguson and Joel Tozer
Investigation
Child abuse
Isolation. Strip-searches. Rape: Inside a Tasmanian youth detention centre
Alysha was hired to introduce better care to the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania. It took only days for the first shocking incident to show her what was really going on.
- by Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
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Cosmetic Crisis
The glitz and the gore: Behind the scenes of a celebrity cosmetic surgeon’s ‘abattoir’ practice
While he flaunts his lifestyle online, the grotesque video of cosmetic surgeon Ryan Wells squeezing fat from a patient’s legs has shocked professionals. CAUTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT
- by Adele Ferguson and Joel Tozer
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Cosmetic Crisis
‘Please help me, I can’t die’: how social media lured Keisha to the dark side of cosmetic surgery
In the world of cosmetic surgery, social media drives turnover in a glossy appeal to vanity. But there is a dark underbelly in the business of making people beautiful. CAUTION: Graphic content.
- by Adele Ferguson and Joel Tozer
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Emergency services
Twelve Victorians die, including four children, after waiting for triple-zero to pick up
Leaked official data suggests ongoing and systemic failings within the ambulance division emergency response call authority.
- by Aisha Dow, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
‘Breathe! Please breathe’: Why young Alisha died waiting for an ambulance
An asthma attack was all it took. That and a minutes-long delay to get a call-taker to answer triple zero. Victoria’s failing triple-zero service has claimed another victim.
- by Nick McKenzie, Simone Fox Koob and Joel Tozer
‘Unacceptable’ triple-zero delays still happening, leaked data reveals
In a letter to the widow of a man who died after waiting more than 15 minutes for an ambulance call-taker, the emergency services watchdog admits his death was “not an isolated incident”.
- by Nick McKenzie, Aisha Dow and Joel Tozer
Premier backs crime fighting agency’s inquiry into money laundering in pokies
Dominic Perrottet, who has been under pressure to act on claims that hundreds of millions of dollars of dirty funds are being washed through pubs and clubs, welcomed the investigation.
- by Lucy Cormack, Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
Crime fighting agency to investigate money laundering in pokies
The NSW Crime Commission will use its royal commission-style powers to examine allegations dirty funds are being washed through pokies venues.
- by Nick McKenzie, Lucy Cormack and Joel Tozer
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Gaming & wagering
$1 billion and counting: Investigator reveals size of poker machine crime
Pubs and clubs with poker machines ‘need a wake-up call,’ says NSW gaming’s chief investigator in a rare interview as footage shows one brazen money laundering operation in action.
- by Nick McKenzie and Joel Tozer
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