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Eryk Bagshaw

Eryk Bagshaw

Eryk Bagshaw is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. He was previously North Asia correspondent. Reach him securely on Signal @bagshawe.01

Major General Andrew Freeman with Malaysian Army Major General Dato’ Azhan bin Hj Md Othman in Canberra last year.

Taxpayer funding pulled from disaster response team after allegations of fraud

Disaster Relief Australia was feted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and led by two of Australia’s most decorated military commanders.

  • Eryk Bagshaw

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Virginia Bell Bondi inquiry

Royal commission rules out eyewitness accounts of Bondi attack

Victims and their families questioned the decision, as former High Court judge Virginia Bell also revealed the “antisemitism” definition to be used by the commission.

  • Michaela Whitbourn, Matthew Knott, Amber Schultz and Eryk Bagshaw
There were 15 people killed at Bondi Beach on December 14.

The world knows how they died. Their families share how they lived

These are the stories of the 15 people killed at Bondi Beach, in the words of those who knew them best and loved them most.

  • Kate Aubusson, Eryk Bagshaw, Megan Gorrey, Julie Power, Amber Schultz and Angus Thomson
Andrew Forrest and Fortescue’s Gladstone hydrogen project.

‘Dud project’: How Andrew Forrest’s green dreams cost taxpayers $80m

It vowed it would create a new export industry for Australia, but documents reveal Fortescue’s failed green hydrogen factory cost taxpayers millions while the company spruiked its “successes” overseas.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Nick Toscano
Kate Whiteman was found dead in central west NSW last month. The 45-year-old had accused the Alexander brothers of raping her.

The Australian woman who took on New York’s powerful Alexander twins

Prosecutors are expected to argue that for over a decade the brothers had used their wealth and power “to repeatedly and violently drug, sexually assault and rape dozens of female victims”.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Amber Schultz, William Davis and Patrick Begley
Merivale’s Justin Hemmes opened Club Rose Bay on Saturday. The company has more than 90 venues across the country.

Merivale’s pokie empire expands to Rose Bay

Billionaire Justin Hemmes has become one of the largest individual gambling machine operators in the state.

  • Harriet Alexander, Nigel Gladstone and Eryk Bagshaw
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Portrait of Rhonda Sheil

‘Lost sight of core mission’: Volunteers say taxpayer-funded charity is off course

Whistleblowers say Disaster Relief Australia has inflated its membership numbers, has opaque recruitment practices and prioritises marketing over missions.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Index photo for Bondi victims 

‘I was holding her’: Shattered father reveals Matilda’s final moments as more families share tributes

As the first funerals are held, further details are emerging and tributes pouring forth about the victims of the Bondi attack. This is what we know about them so far.

  • Kate Aubusson, Anthony Segaert, Julie Power, Ellie Busby, Riley Walter, Siena Fagan, Cindy Yin, Eryk Bagshaw, Jessica McSweeney and David Barwell
The casket of Matilda, the youngest victim of the Bondi massacre, leaves the Chevra Kadisha following her funeral.

‘As if our own daughter were taken from us’: Matilda farewelled in funeral for ‘little ray of sunshine’

Matilda’s family is struggling to comprehend how their bubbly 10-year-old could have been murdered.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Julie Power, Lucy Macken, Harriet Alexander and Adam Carey
The casket of Rabbi Eli Schlanger arrives for the funeral service.

Rabbi who preached joy farewelled in funeral for great leaders and martyrs

Eli Schlanger was remembered as a “rabbi without equal” as hundreds of mourners farewelled the murdered Jewish leader in Bondi.

  • Eryk Bagshaw, Kayla Olaya, Lucy Macken and Jack Gramenz