Kate McClymont
The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Secrets and lies: How ‘Dodgy Daryl’ brought down a premier
The ripple effect from a single phone tap led to the downfall of then-premier and MP Daryl Maguire’s secret lover, Gladys Berejiklian, writes Kate McClymont. → Read More
Koletti ‘chose not to disclose’ details leading up to Caddick’s disappearance, coroner finds
A coronial inquest has found that while the conwoman is dead, her husband waiting 30 hours to report her missing suggested he withheld information about her disappearance. → Read More
Melissa Caddick inquest finds fraudster is dead, but coroner can’t determine cause
One of Australia’s most perplexing missing persons cases is set to remain a mystery. The deputy coroner has reserved her harshest criticism for husband Anthony Koletti. → Read More
Pet plights and courtroom naps: The shambolic world of lawyer Brett Galloway
The criminal lawyer has a colourful history, including canine misadventures and chronic procedural delinquency, court documents reveal. → Read More
‘I’m not sorry that I operated’: Charlie Teo defends surgeries, apologises for outcomes
Speaking for the first time since revelations of patients being tragically injured, the neurosurgeon said: “I’ve got to face that every day.” → Read More
‘Surgery tomorrow or she accepts death’: Family recalls Charlie Teo’s warning
An investigation into the neurosurgeon reveals one patient had surgery cancelled after a corridor conversation and another had surgery on the wrong side of her brain. → Read More
Charlie Teo, the profit of hope: How neurosurgeon left families with a terrible price to pay
A year-long investigation reveals the devastating impact on families of ultimately futile procedures conducted by the renowned brain surgeon. → Read More
Charlie Teo, the profit of hope: how neurosurgeon left families with a terrible price to pay
A year-long investigation reveals the devastating impact on families of ultimately futile procedures conducted by the renowned brain surgeon. → Read More
The ‘toyboy’, the DJ and the cash withdrawals: Anthony Koletti in the spotlight after wife’s disappearance
The husband of fraudster Melissa Caddick is set to come under even more scrutiny as liquidators seek answers, the podcast Liar Liar reveals. → Read More
‘Is she not there?’: Anthony Koletti’s question to court after Melissa Caddick disappeared
After their home was raided, the fraudster’s husband tuned in to her court appearance only to realise she hadn’t shown up, the podcast Liar Liar reveals. → Read More
How a root canal and a divorce helped two investors escape Melissa Caddick’s fraud
Two unfortunate events proved a stroke of good fortune for two investors who managed to recoup their investments from the fraudster, the podcast Liar Liar reveals. → Read More
Wolf in chic clothing: Melissa Caddick’s $400,000 date night on investors’ tab
The Sydney fraudster spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of her clients’ money every year on jewellery, clothes and overseas trips, the podcast Liar Liar reveals. → Read More
Paris, poison and a pack of lies: Melissa Caddick’s web of deceit
The fraudster was a serial liar and one of those innocent people she tried to destroy to cover her wrongdoing was her first husband. → Read More
Melissa Caddick’s fakes, frauds and a final throw of the dice
In a new podcast, Liar Liar, hear the Sydney fraudster speaking for the first time as she tries to cajole a potential victim into investing in her massive Ponzi scheme. → Read More
Systematic, meticulous, deliberate: Melissa Caddick, Bernie Madoff and the art of the Ponzi scheme
Melissa Caddick was a ruthless, detached narcissist who showed little remorse for robbing victims of their savings to live a life of luxury, a new podcast reveals. → Read More
Prominent surgeon William Mooney found guilty of professional misconduct
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal finding was in relation to the deaths of two patients, a relationship with a third and lying about his failure to attend a drug test. → Read More
Obeid family keeps tainted millions despite Eddie and Moses jail terms
While authorities considered seizing the Obeids’ assets, the Tax Office instead pursued the family – not for $30m – just the tax that should have been paid on it. → Read More
Charlie Teo settled claim for operating on wrong side of Sydney woman’s brain
Michelle Smith’s doctors were horrified when they suspected the renowned neurosurgeon had not removed her tumour and had operated on the wrong side of her brain. → Read More
Obeid, Macdonald and ‘the infamous Mr Fang’: the evidence the court didn’t hear
Meanwhile, if solicitor John Gerathy had appeared at ICAC in 2012, he might have answered an enduring question: given the Obeids were to receive $60 million, what was in it for Ian Macdonald? → Read More
‘Anaemic at best’: The inside story of how the Macquarie-backed Nuix float went sour
It was heralded as Australia’s next great technology company, but a joint investigation has revealed questions about Nuix’s governance and financial accounts were raised well before its stock market listing last year. → Read More