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
Australia’s first music school empire collapses, owing $1.8 million
The Amazon-inspired suburban music school celebrated its success with a lavish yacht party. Now it owes teachers and the Tax Office.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Lia Timson
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Australia’s top disaster relief agency shuts down following internal revolt
Disaster Relief Australia is now also embroiled in a dispute with the AFL over a $300,000 donation.
- Eryk Bagshaw
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Rateb Jneid has courted premiers and prime ministers. Now he is at the centre of a civil war
The former bankrupt turned professor has cemented control of one of Australia’s top religious bodies.
- Rob Harris and Eryk Bagshaw
‘I could have died’: Sydney hospitality director assaulted former fiancee in ‘moment of madness’
In a harrowing call transcript released by a court, the victim expressed fearing for her life after Daniel Drakopoulos broke into her home.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Clare Sibthorpe
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- Industrial relations
‘I gave everything’: Feuding Sydney pub barons face underpayment claims
Dozens of employees were allegedly underpaid at hospitality venues co-owned by Arthur Laundy and Fraser Short, according to a leaked audit.
- Eryk Bagshaw
How Australia’s largest music school disintegrated
The Stormer brothers, inspired by Silicon Valley, hosted a yacht party to celebrate their education empire. Now they are accused of fleecing staff, students and parents.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Lia Timson
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- Emergency services
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
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
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
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- Energy
‘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