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Adele Ferguson is a Gold Walkley Award winning investigative journalist. She reports and comments on companies, markets and the economy.

Secret report reveals controversial NSW rail corporation told to ‘reframe’ its battered image

Secret report reveals controversial NSW rail corporation told to ‘reframe’ its battered image

Internal documents also show the government-controlled Transport Asset Holding Entity plans to spend $34.5 million on consultants over four years.

  • by Matt O'Sullivan and Adele Ferguson

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Secret plans to sell, rezone and develop land across Sydney railways
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Secret plans to sell, rezone and develop land across Sydney railways

The strategy by a controversial rail corporation includes new hotels and rezoning dozens of sites near train stations for high-density developments.

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Surgeons, priests and media friends: Inside the fight to publish cosmetic investigation
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Surgeons, priests and media friends: Inside the fight to publish cosmetic investigation

As soon as the founder of the country’s biggest provider of cosmetic procedures realised his lucrative business was under media scrutiny, he pulled out all the stops.

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The glitz and the gore: Behind the scenes of a celebrity cosmetic surgeon’s ‘abattoir’ practice
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The glitz and the gore: Behind the scenes of a celebrity cosmetic surgeon’s ‘abattoir’ practice

While he flaunts his lifestyle online, the grotesque video of cosmetic surgeon Ryan Wells squeezing fat from a patient’s legs has shocked professionals. CAUTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT

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‘Please help me, I can’t die’: how social media lured Keisha to the dark side of cosmetic surgery
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‘Please help me, I can’t die’: how social media lured Keisha to the dark side of cosmetic surgery

In the world of cosmetic surgery, social media drives turnover in a glossy appeal to vanity. But there is a dark underbelly in the business of making people beautiful. CAUTION: Graphic content.

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Millionaire cosmetic surgeons don’t need a leg up with patient testimonials
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Millionaire cosmetic surgeons don’t need a leg up with patient testimonials

Given the opaque and largely unregulated world of cosmetic surgery and practitioners’ use of social media to drum up business, the proposed change spells trouble.

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‘Body parts thrown around’: TikTok cosmetic doc fights to get back the scalpel
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‘Body parts thrown around’: TikTok cosmetic doc fights to get back the scalpel

A tribunal this week heard ‘breathtaking’ allegations against cosmetic surgeon Daniel Aronov including him throwing human body parts around the theatre.

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Safety, budget risks spark call to dismantle NSW rail corporation

Safety, budget risks spark call to dismantle NSW rail corporation

The government should unwind the controversial multibillion-dollar rail entity due to ongoing hits to the state budget, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

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‘Our world has been turned upside down’: Sacked broker accused of forging wife’s signature on share trades
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‘Our world has been turned upside down’: Sacked broker accused of forging wife’s signature on share trades

Kerrilyn Ridgway, the wife of former Shaw and Partners adviser Kristofer Ridgway, says her signature was forged on share transfer documents.

  • by Adele Ferguson and Anne Hyland
‘Serious concern’: Stockbroker sacks adviser after millions invested in unapproved funds

‘Serious concern’: Stockbroker sacks adviser after millions invested in unapproved funds

Shaw and Partners has sacked an adviser after learning he put clients’ money into products the firm didn’t authorise or recommend.

  • by Adele Ferguson and Anne Hyland
Associate of cosmetic surgeon Lanzer charged with alleged attack on elderly man
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Associate of cosmetic surgeon Lanzer charged with alleged attack on elderly man

An associate of celebrity cosmetic surgeon Daniel Lanzer has been suspended by the national health regulator, charged by the police and embroiled in a class action.

  • by Adele Ferguson