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PricewaterhouseCoopers began work on a top-level consulting contract with the federal government's regulator of tertiary colleges 24 hours before agreeing to acquire a $5.5 million stake in one such college, the controversial Top Education Group.

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith directed one of his SAS comrades to kill an elderly man who was dragged from a mosque in Afghanistan, according to allegations examined by the Brereton inquiry into alleged war crimes.

Overnight pop sensation Harry 'Hazza' Harding held a prestigious job with China's state media. He now believes he was being groomed for espionage.

The former owner of the Northern Queensland Fury football club, Don Matheson, is now at the centre of a joint investigation between Papua New Guinea police, Interpol, and Australian authorities.

International pressure led to Adani vowing to cut ties with Myanmar's military junta in 2021. Now, leaked documents reveal how the resources giant had been privately negotiating coal ventures with the sanctioned regime leaders.

Thousands of Australians who took out very large loans at rock bottom rates are now struggling to meet much higher repayments. We are investigating how we got into this situation, who is to blame and what needs to change – and we need your help.

The scrapping of the interest rate floor five years ago has led to "bad outcomes" for many Australians who secured ultra-cheap home loans during the pandemic and are now facing a fall over the mortgage cliff, says a former head of credit risk at the nation's financial regulator. 

As hundreds of thousands of Australian mortgage holders brace for a steep hike in their repayments, there are calls for lenders to better explain to prospective borrowers the risks of interest rate rises or other changes to their circumstances.

The organisation responsible for Catholic schools in the Sydney Archdiocese paid almost $400,000 to a mysterious recruitment firm whose emails were signed by a man named Arthur Thorogood. An investigation was never able to find him.

Steve Tickner was hunted by Myanmar's military regime. After a year in hiding, he escaped with the help of the Australian embassy and an underground network of dissidents who hatched a plan to smuggle him out of the country.