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Shocked residents gathered in the streets last night as an iconic city burger restaurant went up in flames.

More vaping lobbyists linked to Big Tobacco Share A second lobby group that played a key role behind the scenes in a government backbench revolt that killed vaping regulation last year has links to tobacco industry funding. As 28 backbenchers were pushed on June 23 to sign a letter condemning a proposed ban on importing nicotine solution for e-cigarettes, sparking a Senate inquiry, Legalise Vaping Australia set up a fighting fund in partnership with the Australian Retail Vaping Industry Australia, a lobby group which was secretly funded by Philip Morris. The links further expose the hidden mo...

Prominent Canberra lawyer to face money laundering charges Prominent Canberra lawyer to face money laundering charges Save Normal text size Advertisement Prominent Canberra criminal lawyer Ben Aulich, who has represented a range of high-profile people from the prime minister’s chief of staff to drug importers, has been arrested on a charge of recruiting a person to carry out a criminal activity and is expected to be charged on Thursday with conspiracy to commit money laundering offences. Mr Aulich, 47, along with his colleague Bridie Harders, 35, and a Canberra accountant Michael Papandr...