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Self-proclaimed fortune-teller and feng shui master Anya Phan allegedly laundered more than $520,000 at The Star casino while receiving disability support pension payments.

Anya earned $400 a week. To The Star she was a high-rolling VIP, police allege she was a massive fraudster

The state’s gambling regulators have launched an investigation into why the alleged head of a major crime syndicate was able to gamble a fortune at the embattled casino despite living off a meagre pension.

  • Riley Walter

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Westpac faces a shareholder resolution from environmentalists over its fossil fuel lending.

Foreign pension giants sour on banks over green issues

Funds managing hundreds of billions of dollars are backing shareholder resolutions from environmental groups pushing for change at Westpac and NAB.

  • Clancy Yeates
NAB-owned UBank confirmed

Bank executive sacked after being photographed in mock terrorism act

An executive at NAB’s online offshoot UBank was asked to leave on Monday after a “disturbing image” was taken during a Christmas function.

  • Millie Muroi
Andrew Irvine addresses the House standing committee on economics on Wednesday.

‘Sad’: Bank chief slams Australia’s political failure on net zero and energy

Amid an intense political debate over energy prices and net zero, one of the nation’s top bankers says the current state of play is sad.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Police allege Anya Phan atook control of the Penthouse Syndicate after its alleged ringleader, Bing Li, was arrested in July.

The fortune-teller, the Dover Heights mansion and the alleged $70m fraud

The feng shui master predicted riches for her clients, police allege. Now, detectives investigating Sydney’s Penthouse Syndicate have swooped.

  • Riley Walter
Timotius Donny Sungkar and his watch collection.

Luxury watches and jewellery: The extravagant life of an alleged NAB fraudster

NAB employee Timotius Donny Sungkar has been charged over his role in the Penthouse syndicate’s alleged $150m bank fraud.

  • Riley Walter
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NAB bank chief executive Andrew Irvine.

Government needs to get its skates on to lower power costs: NAB boss

The boss of the country’s biggest business bank has urged governments to greenlight gas and renewable projects more quickly to help address energy costs.

  • Clancy Yeates
Bing Li/Zhouyao Chen/Penthouse Syndicate artwork

The multimillion-dollar property empire behind the Penthouse Syndicate

While their businesses were recording losses in the hundreds of thousands, Bing “Michael” Li and Zhouyao “Yumi” Chen were living a lavish life of sports cars, designer clothes and luxury watches.

  • Riley Walter
Luca Arenas and Melissa Marchesem have flown to Melbourne from Barcelona especially to see Oasis.

Wonderwall of cash: Week of stellar events to send Melbourne economy surging

Triple header of Melbourne Cup, Oasis and Metallica predicted to bring a once-in-a-decade boom for local businesses.

  • Cara Waters
Brown welcomes NSW’s proposed Great Koala National Park but notes the state’s forests are still open to logging.

Banking giants take fire on ‘nature risk’

Ethical investment firms and environmentalists are filing the first shareholder resolution to target an Australian bank over the alleged financing of businesses involved in the clearing of natural forests.

  • Clancy Yeates

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