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Scams
Why scammers target the holiday period to launch disturbing Google ad attacks
Attention-grabbing images of bruised and battered celebrities, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are being used to funnel millions of people to bogus investment sites.
- by Aisha Dow
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Investigation
Medical Misogyny
‘Almost killed me’: 1000 women dismissed, left in pain and misdiagnosed
More than a thousand women have shared their disturbing encounters with the medical system as part of an investigation into medical misogyny.
- by Carrie Fellner and Emily Kaine
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Scams
HSBC knew customers were being scammed but didn’t help even as fraud surged: ASIC
Australia’s corporate regulator alleges the banking giant failed its customers by taking months to investigate scam reports and freezing customers’ accounts and leaving them without access to their own money.
- by Aisha Dow
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Workplace culture
Drunkenness, abuse and ‘death threats’: Inside the downfall of Comedor restaurant
Staff at the trendy Newtown diner claimed they weren’t paid properly and had to deal with the drunken antics of owner Walter Shellshear. He denies the claims.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Bianca Hrovat
Investigation
Diet
Taller, stronger, smarter: The baseless claims used to sell ‘toddler milk’ powder
Australian parents are told not to buy the ultra-processed powdered milk products, but the government is helping fund a boom overseas.
- by Patrick Begley
‘In deep shock’: Double Bay rich lister abruptly parts ways with Hurricane Tim’s helper
Convicted fraudster Warwick Kerridge has lost his job hours after a series of revelations by the Herald.
- by Kate McClymont and Harriet Alexander
Investigation
Crime
The bankrupts and the love rat: Hurricane Tim’s circle of scoundrels
Serial “conman” Tim Alford surrounds himself with a carousel of controversial characters who have all spent time in the financial sin bin.
- by Kate McClymont and Harriet Alexander
Investigation
Trends
The ‘Uber Eats of fitness’: What your $10 gym class is really costing
Fitness app ClassPass makes booking group classes such as Pilates more convenient, and often cheaper. But studio owners say it’s killing the local industry.
- by Melissa Singer
Investigation
Crime
Hurricane Tim hits America: Lavish lifestyle of ‘conman’ revealed
He stayed at fancy hotels in LA, Miami and Las Vegas, dined at expensive restaurants, went to Hollywood parties and indulged his alleged penchant for sex workers and cocaine, but soon things started to unravel for Tim Alford.
- by Harriet Alexander and Kate McClymont
Investigation
Crime
Hurricane Tim: The fraudulent force of nature with a long list of global victims
Timothy John Alford is a serial swindler who has allegedly cheated dozens of people out of an estimated $50 million throughout Australia and the United States.
- by Kate McClymont and Harriet Alexander
Investigation
Drugs
I spent a night in a resort next to a drug rehab and had to leave in a hurry
The Connect Global rehabilitation centre operates out of a sleepy holiday resort, where alleged drug dealers and criminals share the space with women and children.
- by Jordan Baker
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