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Liam Walsh @liamiwalsh

Reporter investigations at ABC. Ex-Courier-Mail & AFR in Qld, Mainichi Daily News in Japan. walsh.liam@abc.net.au / liamwalshreporter@protonmail.com or post šŸ‘‡

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Liam Walsh@liamiwalsh
11 Aug 2024
Big banks. Big law. Exclusive records reveal 4 days of secret compulsory inquisitions into a $100m payday lending venture based on the Gold Coast. abc.net.au/news/2024-08-11/cā€¦

Inside the interrogation room with a former rugby star turned key player in one of Australiaā€™s most...

ASIC transcripts, obtained exclusively by the ABC, reveal one of Australia's most persecuted payday lending operations targeted 'any consumer and every consumer'.

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Apr 12
GOUT GOUT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD šŸ¤ÆšŸ¤ÆšŸ¤Æ The Teenager has just clocked 19.67 ( 1.7) in the Menā€™s 200m at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney āš”ļø #AthleticsNation
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Cooper Woods claims Australia's first Medal at #MilanoCortina2026 and it's GOLD! šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗšŸ„‡ ā†³ Live & free on Channel 9 & 9Now, and every sport with every medal moment in 4K UHD on Stan Sport AU. #Olympics #9WWOS #StanSportAU

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CEO of Corporate Travel Management had $$ to hire Jimmy Barnes for birthday & was super-bullish. But heā€™s left amid overcharging UK blowup. We look at how $CTD new auditors had earlier scrapes with UK gov contracts & rival travel firms faced scrutiny. abc.net.au/news/2026-02-08/cā€¦

What spurred auditors to dig into travel giantā€™s $150m overcharging scandal?

Australian travel mogul Jamie Pherous, who grew a three-man operation into a multi-billion dollar success, foundered on the rocks of an accounting scandal in the UK.

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So if you were a travel management company looking to secretly pocket tens of millions of dollars off your client, just how would you go about it? A secret audit for the govt reveals the way! (Plus great anecdote of corporate revenge for dud service). abc.net.au/news/2025-12-02/gā€¦

Secret audit reveals millions pocketed in hidden travel management deals

The document, prepared for the Queensland government, has been exclusively obtained by the ABC.

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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
14 Nov 2025
The disaster office renovation that led to a brutal sacking of an executive who attached details of alleged sweetheart deals, offshore tax shelters and corporate misconduct to his case. With @jesinta_burton and @Wembridge afr.com/companies/mining/howā€¦

How a reno-gone-wrong laid bare Chris Ellisonā€™s secrets

A legal case brought by a once-trusted executive exposed a string of scandals at Mineral Resources. Documents from the case have now been unsealed.

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Neil Chenoweth@NeilChenoweth
9 Sep 2025
Monday was Lachlan Murdochā€™s 54th birthday & thatā€™s when the deal to cement his status as Rupertā€™s heir was announced. Itā€™s a birthday present. The message for the rest of the family is just as clear. abc.net.au/news/2025-09-10/mā€¦

Lachlan emerges as winner but Murdoch hold on News and Fox more vulnerable

Rupert Murdoch's family has always been close. But if you really want to trace the extent of filial and sibling affection, you need to follow the money.

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Neil Chenoweth@NeilChenoweth
30 Jul 2025
Random audits cited in 2018 showed that 26 per cent of GST claims ā€“ one in four ā€“ saw incorrect amounts being paid out. That points to a much wider problem the ATO has not acknowledged. abc.net.au/news/2025-07-30/aā€¦

Australians don't know how the tax office is performing because the ATO doesn't know itself

A decade ago the Australian Taxation Office traded people for programs in an effort to cut costs.Ā 

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Eden Gillespie@edengillespie
7 May 2025
The frozen semen of dogs with fighting bloodlines is being sold to overseas buyers for what experts say is thousands of dollars, as an ABC investigation reveals international links between the illegal blood sport and Australia. abc.net.au/news/2025-05-08/dā€¦

Secretive, lucrative: Australia's links to the shadowy world of dog fighting

The frozen semen of dogs with fighting bloodlines is being sold to overseas buyers, as an ABC investigation reveals international links between the illegal blood sport and Australia. Warning: This...

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After a G8 childcare takeover bid in 2015, ASIC started probing. $2.8m later, the sole successful case triggered a $5k penalty. A look at how heavily defended regulator cases can mean big bills, and how problems can emerge in cases. $GEM abc.net.au/news/2025-05-06/rā€¦

$2.8m probe into childcare giant resulted in $5,000 penalty for lawyer

Regulators spent $2.8 million probing controversial deals involving Australian childcare giant G8 Education ā€” an investigation that resulted in only one successful criminal action and a $5,000...

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Johnny Shapiro@johnnyshap
24 Jan 2025
This is the crazy story of Johnny Coinā€¦ Last week, inspired by President Donald Trump, we had a crazy idea: to create our own meme coin and write about it in the weekend @FinancialReview . What could go wrong? A lot but we figured it was worth a shot.
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RT @abcnews: An ABC investigation has examined more than a dozen lawsuits revealing big gaps between the expectation and reality of confiscā€¦

Crime confiscation laws are missing the 'Mr Bigs'

An ABC investigation has examined more than a dozen lawsuits revealing big gaps between the expectation and reality of confiscation laws, which regulators say are designed to "undermine the profita...

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KFC Big Bash League@BBL
1 Jan 2025
GLENN MAXWELL! CATCH OF THE SEASON. #BBL14
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@7Cricket
26 Dec 2024
WHAT IS GOING ON?! Konstas ramps Bumrah for four... And next ball ramps Bumrah for SIX! #AUSvIND
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Rob DeMello
@RobDeMelloKHON
23 Dec 2024
'From the underground to the crown' - An emotional Landon McNamara reacts to becoming the 11th all-time winner of The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational in epic conditions at the iconic Waimea Bay ā–Ŗļø For more coverage šŸ‘‰šŸ½ khon2.com/top-stories/landonā€¦ šŸ¤™šŸ½ #EddieWouldGo #TheEddie @KHONnews @khon2SportsTV
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@abcsport
2 Dec 2024
A government report has secretly examined if the state can run Queensland's crown jewel of stadiums, Lang Park, as successfully as a private company with intimate political connections. šŸŸļø ab.co/41k9Ra2

Inside Lang Park's secret event: Who should run Suncorp Stadium?

A government report has secretly examined if the state can run Queensland's crown jewel of stadiums, Lang Park, as well as a private company with intimate political connections.

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Mark Di Stefano@MarkDiStef
4 Nov 2024
Deleted emails, shipping contracts for his daughter and MinRes employees working on his deluxe catamaran. Inside the unravelling of billionaire Chris Ellison, one of the Australian mining establishment's most influential men. With @NeilChenoweth. afr.com/companies/mining/insā€¦

Inside the two-week unravelling of Chris Ellisonā€™s hold on MinRes

Mondayā€™s attempt to draw a line in the sand still leaves unanswered questions for shareholders and investigators about the goings-on at Mineral Resources.

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Neil Chenoweth@NeilChenoweth
25 Oct 2024
MinRes is facing ASIC inquiries & board investigation, its share price is down 25 per cent as investors fleeā€¦ and CEO Chris Ellison is on vacation at his house in the south of France afr.com/companies/mining/howā€¦

How Chris Ellisonā€™s secrets came to light

Allegations of serial tax evasion have raised questions about how the miner Mineral Resources is being run.

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Josh Robertson@jrojourno
20 Jul 2024
This is a news story from an investigation I did for Background Briefing into the unfathomable path taken by my childhood friend, Nathaniel: the allegations that shocked a family and bonded the Wieambilla killers ā¦@abcnewsā© ā¦@RadioNationalā© abc.net.au/news/2024-07-20/wā€¦

'Bewildered': Trio made shocking allegations against parents years before deadly ambush

Background Briefing can reveal that Australia's first alleged Christian terrorists forged their fateful bond years ago following an explosive family rift.

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Kendall Baker
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5 Jun 2024
Japanese baseball player Chusei Mannami went viral a couple weeks ago for this ABSURD throw. I ended up going down a rabbit hole and folks... this guy might have the most electric arm in baseball history. šŸ§µ Thread

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