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Hagar Cohen

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'Brown packages filled with money' being offered to clinicians and advocates in alleged DVA fraud Original

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By Hagar Cohen , Hannah Meagher
| ABC News (Australia)
A medicinal cannabis company has been offering thousands of dollars in financial "kickbacks" to military advocates in exchange for referring veterans to its services, a 7.30 investigation has uncovered. Under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, receiving financial incentives for referrals may be unlawful.
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Exclusive footage reveals rampant drug use and squalid conditions inside Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

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By Hagar Cohen , Rahni Sadler
| ABC News (Australia)
Exclusive footage leaked from behind barbed wire at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre shows drugs being used in plain sight, as an alleged murder is investigated. The images obtained by 7.30 show detainees using highly addictive synthetic drug methamphetamine in unlocked rooms, with guards free to walk in at any time. Other photos show drug paraphernalia scattered around the facility.
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John Simmons was convicted of fraud but no one stopped him being a military advocate who ripped off vulnerable veterans

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By Hagar Cohen , Hannah Meagher
| ABC News (Australia)
Military advocates are supposed to help vulnerable veterans but the system is largely unregulated and, as Peter Alchin and married couple Brenton and Liane Lawrence found out, not protected from fraudsters. Warning: This story contains details of suicide. All three fell victim to a convicted criminal who was never vetted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA).
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