28 September 2020
Australia, Business, NSW, Politics, Wagga Wagga
A woman accused of recruiting and paying businesses in a cash-for-visas "scam" allegedly linked to former Wagga MP Daryl Maguire is due to appear at a corruption hearing this week. The first week of Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings into Mr Maguire heard claims that Maggie Wang handed business owners …
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27 September 2020
Albury, Australia, NSW, Sports, Wagga Wagga
A fairy tale finish to a roller-coaster SIRU season wasn't to be for the Albury-Wodonga Steamers, falling to Leeton by 21 points in the second grade decider at Wagga on Saturday. Leeton finished a dominant campaign in fine style with a 33-12 grand final win over the Steamers at Connolly …
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27 September 2020
Australia, NSW, Wagga Wagga
O'Rourkes are now a family of nine after a long journey with IVF led to the unexpectedly early arrival of twin girls last week. Wagga funeral director Aidan Vivian and his fiancee Cydonie O'Rourke welcomed their babies Marlie Elizabeth and Matilda Therese to the world after a pregnancy of just …
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25 September 2020
Australia, Covid-19, NSW, Wagga Wagga
The Wagga Zoo and Aviary will once again open up for seven days a week, after having slashed its opening hours citing COVID cleaning costs. From Saturday the zoo will be open from 9am to 4pm every day to coincide with the school holiday period,
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25 September 2020
Australia, NSW, Wagga Wagga
A black duffel bag filled with 30,000, the wrong coloured pen and a job advertisement for a Wagga Wagga-based accountant who could speak French fluently were all central to the cash for visa scheme linked to disgraced NSW Liberal MP Daryl Maguire,
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25 September 2020
Australia, Crime, NSW, Wagga Wagga
A 22-year-old woman has been charged in relation to the alleged kidnapping of a man she met on a dating app in Wagga earlier this year. Police arrested the woman at a home in Hunter Street, Mount Austin on September 24 and charged her with robbery in company.
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25 September 2020
Australia, NSW, Politics, Wagga Wagga
NSW Riverina businessman Angus McLaren has told a corruption hearing that he participated in a Chinese worker visa "scam" with a immigration agent linked to former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire. Mr McLaren admitted to the Independent Commission Against Corruption that he was paid $75,
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25 September 2020
Australia, Business, NSW, Perth, QLD, Toowoomba, Wagga Wagga, Western Australia
The silo still stands in its original location on the property "Dosyvale'', but within a year of the delivery, Ray Kotzur had moved on to manufacturing fully transportable silos on cone bases. Today,
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24 September 2020
Australia, NSW, Wagga Wagga
A young man who was behind the wheel of a crash that took the life of his girlfriend near Wagga Wagga has escaped a full-time jail sentence.
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24 September 2020
Australia, NSW, Politics, Wagga Wagga
A staff member who worked with former NSW Riverina MP Daryl Maguire has told a corruption inquiry that his parliamentary office "was running a business on the side". The commission has also heard testimony from two former staff members from the Government …
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