Aisha Dow
Aisha Dow is an investigative journalist with The Age. A Walkley award winner, she previously worked as health editor and co-authored a book about the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia.
- Investigation
- Medical misogyny
Penny was told her agonising pain was just ovulation. The next day, she was begging to die
The case is one of more than 400 accounts submitted to this masthead’s medical misogyny investigation in which women and girls had their pain dismissed, minimised or declared imaginary.
- Aisha Dow and Kate Aubusson
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- Emergency services
145 seconds to save a life: Triple Zero standards overhauled after pandemic crisis
A long-awaited overhaul of Triple Zero Victoria’s performance standards has been completed. See how long it should take to dispatch police or paramedics.
- Aisha Dow and Henrietta Cook
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- Bidding blind
‘More than 30 per cent below’: Melbourne real estate agency hit with major underquoting fine
The investigation into the agency was sparked by multiple public complaints and included claims agents bet on how high the properties would sell.
- Aisha Dow
After years of blaming victims and denying fault for scams, HSBC gives up fight in court
The bank’s Australian customers lost over $100 million to scams; many of those ripped off thought they were speaking to bank staff.
- Aisha Dow
- Exclusive
- Victoria residential property
‘I hope she haunts that house’: Agents face trespass allegations over deceased estates
“My mum would have hated people being in her house without my permission,” wrote one of the home’s distressed owners.
- Aisha Dow
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- Bidding blind
End of ‘price withheld’: Secret house prices to be banned
It’s not unusual for recently sold properties to be listed without a price, handicapping buyers trying to gauge trends in their neighbourhood.
- Aisha Dow and Daniella White
‘Everything is dark’: How a fake job cost a young graduate $23,000
On the eve of the rollout of new scam laws, scammers are finding new ways to hit Australians. Consumer and industry groups are warning delays and gaps will allow mass fraud to persist.
- Aisha Dow
- Exclusive
- Bidding blind
Auction rules battle looms after agents withdraw support for landmark change
The government’s plan to require the disclosure of reserve now faces stiff opposition from the peak body for real estate agents.
- Aisha Dow
- Exclusive
- Bidding blind
Top real estate agent reported to regulator over alleged secret property flips
The agent paid compensation to the former owners of the properties.
- Aisha Dow
Melbourne’s Jewish school children face the unfathomable after Bondi bloodshed
Victoria Police deployed extra officers to Jewish schools and synagogues, and organisers abruptly ended Hanukkah events on Sunday night as the city reeled from the mass shooting at Bondi Beach.
- Cassandra Morgan, Aisha Dow and Nicole Precel