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Sarah Danckert @sdanck

Business journalist for @theage @smh DMs open. De-blue-ticked: April 21, 2023

Joined March 2009
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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
21 Feb 2023
CRIKEY: Ed Craven from Stake.com behind mega tip heraldsun.com.au/news/victor…

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24 Jan 2025
The last post: how exited @CarltonFC president & ex PwC boss Luke Sayers came undone. Inside his meteoric rise and descent, after an @AFL investigation this week into a lewd photo. Story with @sdanck: theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-…

The last post: How Luke Sayers came undone

His networking talents helped him to the top of business and football. How a tawdry social media post, not of his doing, forced him to withdraw from public life.

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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
29 Sep 2024
Great yarn by @adele_ferguson Ben Butler and Chris Gillett! More on 7.30 tonight abc.net.au/news/2024-09-30/r…

'An absolute minefield': How these villages became a trap for retirees

Retirement villages are home to more than 250,000 older Australians, but some residents complain of exorbitant fees, oppressive contracts and a sense of feeling trapped.

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Brisbane Lions@brisbanelions
21 Sep 2024
Never count us out! Never stop believing 🦁
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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
20 Sep 2024
Interesting yarn here afr.com/companies/financial-…

SEC accuses Macquarie of inflating asset values, issues $117m fine

The US markets regulator said Macquarie’s asset management business had “no reasonable basis” to believe it could sell at the valuations it quoted.

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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
18 Sep 2024
RT @BangkokPostNews: Thai authorities will prosecute eight former security personnel over their roles in the Tak Bai crackdown two decades…
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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
15 Aug 2024
Great first outing by Ben Butler for the ABC abc.net.au/news/2024-08-14/a…

ASIC's CEO was given the role without it being advertised or other candidates being considered,...

Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair Joe Longo appointed a chief executive to the corporate regulator without advertising the role, considering other candidates or consulting with...

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jessica yun ☕️👩🏻‍💻🗞@hijessicayun
29 Jul 2024
Nine has postponed the @FinancialReview Government Services Summit amid journalists on strike live.afr.com/govsummit/
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MEAA@withMEAA
28 Jul 2024
Tony Armstrong, Paul Kelly, Dave Hughes and Jane Harper are among the dozens of high-profile Australians standing with journalists from the newsrooms of The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Financial Review, Brisbane Times and WAToday, demanding quality jobs for quality journalism. We need your support, please share our message and sign the petition. meaa.org/dont-torch-journali… #donttorchjournalism #MEAAmedia
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Joe Aston
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8 May 2024
Here's my column for the @smh on the @Qantas-ACCC settlement. Behind all the spin and performative distancing from Alan Joyce, Vanessa Hudson continues to preside over the systemic ripping off of the airline's customers. joeas.tn/3UOMbqJ

Sorry, not sorry: Qantas perfects the art of the non-apology

To suggest that the airline’s settlement over the ghost flights matter makes Qantas a trustworthy company is to be wilfully blind to its recent history.

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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
19 Apr 2024
Looks like Kooyong never read the Westpac/ASIC "wagyu and shiraz" judgment, another great yarn by @CarlaJaeger17 theage.com.au/sport/tennis/m…

Member group claims Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club spent $800,000 on wagyu beef

The money was allegedly spent on the expensive variety of meat in the same financial year in which the club reported a $2.4 million loss from its hospitality operations.

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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
14 Mar 2024
goodness, who would have ever thought... "In a terse verbal ruling at the end of a six-week case in London, high court judge James Mellor said “the evidence is overwhelming” that Dr Wright’s claims were false." afr.com/technology/australia…

Australian Craig Wright did not invent bitcoin, UK judge rules

In a surprise snap verdict, an English judge said Wright was not bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, potentially ending almost a decade of fevered speculation.

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Great yarn heraldsun.com.au/technology/…
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This is good fun heraldsun.com.au/business/co…
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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
22 Jan 2024
Reckon this might be a good read when it comes out: Former AFR columnist to write book on Alan Joyce’s final years at Qantas smh.com.au/business/companie…

Former AFR columnist to write book on Alan Joyce’s final years at Qantas

Alan Joyce’s tumultuous final few years at Qantas will be covered in a book titled The Chairman’s Lounge by former AFR columnist Joe Aston.

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SEC Chair Gary Gensler Archive
@GenslerArchive
9 Jan 2024
The @SECGov twitter account was compromised, and an unauthorized tweet was posted. The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products.
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Oh ASIC, in five years it's gone from 'why not litigate' to 'litigate less', to 'litigate barely at all' and now it promises to pursue 'a riskier litigation strategy', albeit off a very low base afr.com/politics/federal/asi…

ASIC to pursue riskier litigation strategy in 2024

Chairman Joe Longo says corporate regulator will focus on financial services, crypto, superannuation and target firms operating in grey areas of the law.

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Here's a NYT piece from 2022 about crypto scam Hyperverse aka Hyperfund that caused huge damage to NZ consumers, terrible stuff nytimes.com/2022/11/11/busin…

The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger (Published 2022)

From his home in New Zealand, the YouTuber Danny de Hek assails what he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme, one rant at a time.

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And for those very interested in the topic, here's one of the links to our reporting on Blockchain Global from 2022 based on days of highly complex examination of executives and associates. smh.com.au/business/markets/…

Blockchain Global millions used for exotic crypto, personal payments: Court told

Customers of the ACX exchange operated by Blockchain Global were told their money would be kept in trust while they traded digital assets. That turns out to not have been the case.

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Sarah Danckert@sdanck
21 Dec 2023
Communications minister critical of ABC board process to appoint David Anderson in 2019 smh.com.au/business/companie…

Communications minister critical of ABC board process to appoint David Anderson in 2019

Michelle Rowland says cabinet guidelines stipulate that full-time chief executive roles, including the top jobs at the ABC, SBS, and Australia Post require the prime minister’s approval.

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