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Ben Schneiders

Melbourne
As seen in: Four Corners, ABC News (Australia), Good Food, Stuff.co.nz, Sydney Morning Herald, Naked City, The Age, The Sunday Age, Australian Financial Review, The Canberra Times, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and
Investigative reporter at The Age and author of ‘Hard Labour’, a book about inequality and wage theft in Australia. (On long term leave until Oct 2024).
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Man at centre of NDIS property scheme accused of lavish spending despite having assets frozen by Federal Court

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By Jessica Longbottom Verified, Ben Schneiders, Lesley Robinson Verified, Dylan Welch
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
The Gold Coast businessman accused of gambling tens of millions of dollars earmarked to build homes for the country's most disabled has allegedly continued to spend lavishly despite the Federal Court freezing his assets. David McWilliams is the owner of the ALAMMC group of companies, which were marketed to investors as building accommodation for people with profound disabilities under the NDIS.
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Hundreds of homes for people with disability sit empty at expense of NDIS participants and investors

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By Jessica Longbottom Verified, Lesley Robinson Verified, Ben Schneiders, Dylan Welch
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
At first glance, driving through the new estates on Melbourne's western fringe, the houses look ordinary. Single-storey, brick veneer frontages, finished in a grey monochrome. But look closer and the differences are clear: step-free entrances, extra-wide doorways, and bathrooms designed for wheelchairs. These homes were purpose-built for people with profound disabilities.
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Bunnings boasts about its price-beating guarantee but for 9000 products in Australia there is a catch

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By Angus Grigg Verified, Elise Potaka Verified, Ben Schneiders
| Radio New Zealand (RNZ) Verified
By Angus Grigg, the Business Reporting Team's Emilia Terzon, Elise Potaka and Ben Schneiders, ABC It's the Bunnings slogan everyone's heard - a promise to beat a competitor's price on the same stocked item by 10 per cent. But there's a catch to the hardware giant's famous price guarantee. While Coles and Woolworths have been under intense scrutiny, Bunnings - which has a much higher profit margin than either of them - has mostly escaped attention.
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