Sarah Danckert
Sarah Danckert is a senior reporter who specialises in investigations and corporate wrongdoing. She is a two-time Walkley Award winner, and has won six Quill Awards and two Kennedy Awards.
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‘I’m dealing with a lot right now’: Antony Catalano’s wife responds to husband’s assault charges
The media mogul was charged with assault late last week following a colourful business career.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Sarah Danckert
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Billionaire Adrian Portelli wants to sell you petrol as UK move raises gambling concerns
It’s a move that could catapult “Lambo guy” into the league of Australia’s richest people but anti-gambling advocates in two countries are concerned it will increase gambling advertising in places frequented by families.
- Sarah Danckert
‘I’ve waited 10 years for the truth’: The billionaire, the French president and the satellite that crashed to Earth
NewSat investor Ching Chiat Kwong has returned to Australia to mete out retribution over the company’s 2015 failure via a case brought by liquidators that could drag in Emmanuel Macron.
- Sarah Danckert
CFMEU official resigns from super giant, internal review launched as union scandal grows
The CFMEU’s representative on the CBUS board, Lucy Weber, stepped down after this masthead revealed she had a secret relationship with her union boss.
- Sarah Danckert and Clancy Yeates
St Kilda hero’s brother believed to have met with foul play
Brendan Breen, brother of St Kilda premiership hero Barry Breen, vanished in 2012. Police are still trying to find answers for his family.
- Marta Pascual Juanola and Sarah Danckert
Man under ASIC investigation allowed to leave Australia to visit Mecca
A man accused of driving investors into the failed First Guardian and Shield funds has given an undertaking in court that he will return to Australia to face further questioning.
- Sarah Danckert
The Australian ‘fraudster’, the drinkable vegan skincare and the former Miss Argentina
A couple from the Victorian town of Leongatha have found themselves caught in the middle of an incredible tale of alleged deception – one that involves a global drinkable vegan skincare brand and a supermodel.
- Sarah Danckert
Burgertory boss could face examination over downfall of 13 companies
Liquidators to several stores of the fast food chain suspect the group’s founder, Hash Tayeh, continued to control the businesses after resigning as a director – while the business racked up nearly $1 million in unpaid staff superannuation.
- Sarah Danckert
Devastation as 130 buildings destroyed, crops razed and livestock lost
Fierce winds and hot weather have sparked more than 200 fires in every corner of the state, leaving a trail of destruction and dozens of towns on high alert.
- Sarah Danckert, Michael Bachelard, Melissa Cunningham, Grant McArthur and Isabel McMillan
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Hospitality veteran and billionaire family locked in court battle over iconic seaside hotel
Sorrento identity Julian Gerner has filed a burning summer lawsuit alleging the billionaire Smorgon family and its partners diddled him when they purchased the famed Continental Hotel five years ago.
- Sarah Danckert