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Con-woman Melissa Caddick's victims share 'small pot' last cash

Investors defrauded by Melissa Caddick who have recouped losses through a class action will not benefit from a final payout from liquidators of her property.Caddick was a self-styled financial advisor who conned 55 family and friends out of $23 million between 2012 and 2020 and lived a life of luxury through her inv…

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[Lee Jae-min]Sixteen years on the fence: Time for Korea to come down

This project has had quite a journey — it started as an American idea, was dropped by America, and was then picked up and brought to life by Japan and Australia. It is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which finally entered into force in December 2018. It now has 12 m…

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JBy Jessica van Vonderen

Jessica van Vonderen is the anchor of Queensland's flagship TV news program at 7pm on ABC TV or live stream or catch up later on iview. The award-winning journalist been an integral part of ABC Queensland since 1999, working across TV, radio and online. As a former political reporter, she has been involved in the AB…

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‘Desperate cash grab’: Australian casino billionaire named alongside Drake in lawsuit

Australia’s youngest billionaire Ed Craven has been accused of running one of the largest and most profitable illegal online gambling operations in American history, in a second US lawsuit involving rap megastar Drake, internet personality Adin Ross, and Sydney man George Nguyen.

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Bowled over by all the ramen shops? Your guide to the new imports, locals and stalwarts

It’s Tuesday evening, and the line outside a new ramen shop on Russell Street is stretching down the pavement. There are 11 other ramen shops on the same street, but it’s Ginza Kagari’s soup that these diners want. A bowl of creamy chicken broth known as tori paitan, it’s shipped directly from Tokyo, where Kagari’s …

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Would you sit on this? Australian designers take on the humble chair – in pictures

View image in fullscreenSteer by 陳鴻軒 Chan Hung HinIn 1954, the renowned industrial designers (and brothers) Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni designed a stool using a tractor seat in a playful ode to Italian farmers. Manufactured from 1971, it became an iconic design that remains in production today. …

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A tough way to make your point

“The mention of the rugby game at Cowra (C8) reminded me of a hurling match we watched in Athlacca, a tiny village in Ireland,” writes Mary Billing of Allambie Heights. “Hurling is probably one of the most dangerous sports in the world and this was proven by the number of onlookers with arms, legs and heads wrapped …

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