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The rise of online sports betting has heightened the risk of corruption.

Australians bet more than $50b a year on sport. This promises to be a game-changer

Australian sport has been rocked by a series of match and spot-fixing scandals as technology has facilitated the rise of online gambling.

  • Chris Barrett

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Three VBA staff have now been charged.

Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme

Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people, months after The Age revealed three VBA staff had been stood down after IBAC raids.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Former Pakistan president and cricketing great Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Imran Khan prison sentence sets up clash between Pakistan and Trump administration

A Pakistani court has sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison, setting up a clash with senior figures in the Trump administration who have been campaigning for his release.

  • Samaan Lateef
President-elect Donald Trump. On what criteria will exemptions be granted?

Watch out! Crony capitalism is coming to America

Pay your way out of the Trump tariffs: The rules for how to succeed in American business are about to change - and not in a good way.

  • Paul Krugman
Elodie (left), manager of Chateau Latour-Laguens, in Bordeaux, France, with the plans for the property in 2013.

Chinese-owned vineyards in France for sale at knockdown prices

Between 2008 and 2014 Chinese investors bought up dozens of Bordeaux estates and gave them new names like Imperial Rabbit or Gold Rabbit. Then everything changed.

  • Vivian Song
Port Douglas - the perfect place for a passport conference.

Passport office blew $135,000 on cancelled Port Douglas conference

Officials from Australia’s passport office are under investigation after a damning report said it had mishandled hundreds of millions, including huge blowouts on a contract proposed over a coffee.

  • Shane Wright and Olivia Ireland
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Thomas Lembong (centre, green tie) having fun with Malcolm Turnbull and Joko Widodo during a visit to Jakarta’s Tanah Abang market in November 2015.

Prominent Widodo critic arrested days into new Indonesian president’s reign

The arrest of Thomas Lembong, who is well-known and respected in Australian political circles, has raised the eyebrows of those trying to understand the new administration of Prabowo Subianto.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak in 2022 after losing his final appeal in a corruption case.

Disgraced former Malaysian leader loses bid to end case

A judge in Kuala Lumpur has ruled there is enough evidence for another case against jailed corrupt politician Najib Razak.

  • Zach Hope
National Anti-Corruption Commission boss Paul Brereton.

Time for corruption watchdog to prove its worth to the public

The new National Anti-Corruption Commission should not duplicate the work of others, instead it’s coming time for it to turn over some of its own stones and do so publicly.

  • Nick McKenzie
PNG minister Jelta Wong meeting with Albanese government minister Murray Watt in December 2022.

Police probe PNG minister in $3 million detention bribe investigation

Documents reveal the country’s former police minister is under investigation over suspicions of bribery.

  • Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard

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