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‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverage

Former Labor Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran personally paid an investigator to trail the then police minister.

Reported by Sydney Morning Herald
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The Age‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverageSydney Morning Herald‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverageSydney Morning Herald‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverage
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Signal first indexedP1 · 72% quality · 2 sources

Quality 72→76P1 · 76% quality · 2 sources

Corroboration 2→3 sources · quality 76→96P1 · 96% quality · 3 sources

Quality 96→99P1 · 99% quality · 3 sources

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