Kris Ridgway.

‘Final act of cruelty’ as conman sends wife fake SMS saying he’s fled

Self-confessed conman Kris Ridgway has been hit with urgent legal action to stop him leaving the country in the same week he sent a taunting message to his wife.

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State school Sydney Boys High School is the alma mater of Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Earle Page,our 11th PM.

How a top Sydney high school’s alumni club was caught in dud investment scheme

The High Club,an alumni group of Sydney Boys High School that raises funds for it,has shares in companies which promised to list but didn’t.

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Jason Hermann the email and Kris Ridgway.

The email that brought a global investment scheme undone

Kris Ridgway sold unlisted shares to unsuspecting clients,hoping the companies would be listed. They weren’t. This is the email that exposed his wrongdoing.

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Former financial adviser Kris Ridgway. The background in this image has been altered.

Investment cowboys

Kris Ridgway sold unlisted shares not approved by his prestigious firm. They didn’t list and the scheme is quickly unravelling.

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Kris Ridgway promised investors huge profits – and never paid a cent. This is his confession

The disgraced financial adviser tells of how he extracted hundreds of thousands of dollars from dozens of investors all while he made fat – and illegal – commissions that allowed his family to live the high life. Then he turned on them,too.

  • Adele Ferguson andNaomi Shivaraman
Health Minister Mark Butler launched an independent inquiry into Medicare in an attempt to curb fraud,errors and over-servicing within the troubled universal healthcare system.

Medicare review blows apart the AMA’s ‘nothing to see here’ argument

A major review into the universal healthcare system proves trying to preserve the status quo is no longer an option.

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ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle dealt a blow

Richard Boyle is a hero. So why are we treating him like a criminal?

A whistleblower who raised the alarm about poor practices at the ATO now faces prosecution and the prospect of jail. The government must act to save him.

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Transport Asset Holding Entity chief executive Benedicte Colin.

Rail board approved lavish executive payout fearing Labor election win

Confidential documents reveal the government-owned rail corporation designed a package worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for its senior executives.

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A former stockbroker who put millions of dollars of client money into unauthorised investments and pocketed more than $1.5 million in secret commissions told his estranged wife via a series of text messages to lie to regulators if questioned about signatures he allegedly forged.

‘Now I need your help’:Texts expose stockbroker telling ex to lie to regulators

A former stockbroker told his estranged wife via a series of text messages to lie to regulators if questioned about signatures he allegedly forged.

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Tunneller Craig Bennett has silicosis but continues to work.

Progress on a benchtop ban sounds good on the surface,but don’t ignore the fine print

How much for a human life? It’s an uncomfortable question state and federal ministers have been forced to finally address.

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