It would seem billionaire tycoon Sir Richard Branson has a new number one fan, none other than Hollywood superstar Charlize Theron.
While the entrepreneur is all at sea after abandoning his bid to break the world record for crossing the Atlantic, the Academy Award-winning actress stepped out in Hollywood for a special fundraiser for his charity Virgin Unite.
And Charlize couldn't say enough about Sir Richard: "He's got to be that guy that we all just secretly want to live his life."
"Even if it's just for a week I mean wouldn't that be incredible? If you had to pick one person he would be the guy for me, I would want to be him for a week."
Despite having her own hugely successful career, the actress confessed to being in awe of the Virgin boss: "He's an inspiration, I think we want to surround ourselves with people who inspire you and push you and this guy does that on a level that is out of control."
At the same event, Scream actress Neve Campbell, who is now based in London after marrying an Englishman, revealed she has acquired a taste for fish and chips.
"I like the chips, there's nothing wrong with the chips," she said.
And these days she said it's rare you'll find her hanging out in swanky bars: "You can find some really good British pubs can't you? I have a local, I'm not going to say which one, but yes I do."
But there's one thing the actress hasn't quite managed to stomach: "Marmite? No, I can't stand Marmite but its one of those things. You either love it or you hate it and I hate it."
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Reporting anonymous claims from gambling addicts
24th October 2008
Press Release: Charity Gaming Association
From Charity Gaming Association (Inc)
Issues with reporting anonymous claims from gambling addicts
In the New Zealand Herald of 23 October, its 2008 Qantas award winning journalist, Simon Collins, reported the claims of a self-confessed "pathological gambler" who refused to give his surname because he had a public profile.
According to the NZ Herald "Matt" made the following claims:
• Gaming machine manufacturer Aristocrat is being sued in a civil court action in Australia for designing machines to hook addicts • Aristocrat makes $1.4 billion a year in turnover • He had sunk $1m into poker machines.
The first claim is totally untrue. There is no civil action in any court in Australia which seeks damages from Aristocrat for designing machines to hook addicts. The only civil court case Aristocrat has been involved with in Australia has been over stock exchange issues.
A simple phone call by the reporter to check the assertion would have revealed the facts of the matter.
The second claim is that Aristocrat makes $1.4 billion a year in turnover. This too is wrong and could have been checked with a simple phone call. The fact of the matter is that Aristocrat New Zealand's revenue in 2007 was $25.2 million.
The self confessed gambler could have checked that what he was saying in that public forum, organised by the Problem Gambling Foundation, was true.
The Problem Gambling Foundation should have checked that what their client was going to say was true. After all he didn't just turn up there. His participation was arranged by the PGF to make a point to the candidates. They should have ensured the points being made were accurate otherwise they are guilty of trying to mislead the Parliamentarians and prospective Parliamentarians who were present.
But, most of all, the Herald's reporter had an ethical duty as a journalist to confirm that the claims against Aristocrat were accurate before reporting them without qualification.
The industry is concerned that people with problem gambling behaviours receive all the help they need to recover from their addiction.
That is why the industry has always willingly supported the concept of the Problem Gambling Levy - which now fully funds treatment and research into problem gambling at a cost of $20m a year.
Often, making a public confession can be a useful and cathartic part of the treatment process.
But, problem gamblers are often very adept at denying reality and have developed very comprehensive deception strategies to themselves and others. They frequently exist in a world where the truth and facts about their gambling behaviour, and gambling itself, are reconstructed to suit their distorted world view.
It is also natural, when confronted with the inescapable truth that their personal behaviour has caused their problem, to seek to blame others.
People with gambling addictions are very similar to people recovering from alcohol addictions. They are struggling.
It is unlikely that journalists would uncritically publish assertions about breweries putting additives in their beer to make people drink more if they were made by recovering alcoholics.
It is important that the news media apply the same standards of skeptical scrutiny to claims made by recovering problem gamblers - particularly when they are made in a political forum by an organisation which has a political agenda.
(Credit: Scoop.co.nz)
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Press Release: Charity Gaming Association
From Charity Gaming Association (Inc)
Issues with reporting anonymous claims from gambling addicts
In the New Zealand Herald of 23 October, its 2008 Qantas award winning journalist, Simon Collins, reported the claims of a self-confessed "pathological gambler" who refused to give his surname because he had a public profile.
According to the NZ Herald "Matt" made the following claims:
• Gaming machine manufacturer Aristocrat is being sued in a civil court action in Australia for designing machines to hook addicts • Aristocrat makes $1.4 billion a year in turnover • He had sunk $1m into poker machines.
The first claim is totally untrue. There is no civil action in any court in Australia which seeks damages from Aristocrat for designing machines to hook addicts. The only civil court case Aristocrat has been involved with in Australia has been over stock exchange issues.
A simple phone call by the reporter to check the assertion would have revealed the facts of the matter.
The second claim is that Aristocrat makes $1.4 billion a year in turnover. This too is wrong and could have been checked with a simple phone call. The fact of the matter is that Aristocrat New Zealand's revenue in 2007 was $25.2 million.
The self confessed gambler could have checked that what he was saying in that public forum, organised by the Problem Gambling Foundation, was true.
The Problem Gambling Foundation should have checked that what their client was going to say was true. After all he didn't just turn up there. His participation was arranged by the PGF to make a point to the candidates. They should have ensured the points being made were accurate otherwise they are guilty of trying to mislead the Parliamentarians and prospective Parliamentarians who were present.
But, most of all, the Herald's reporter had an ethical duty as a journalist to confirm that the claims against Aristocrat were accurate before reporting them without qualification.
The industry is concerned that people with problem gambling behaviours receive all the help they need to recover from their addiction.
That is why the industry has always willingly supported the concept of the Problem Gambling Levy - which now fully funds treatment and research into problem gambling at a cost of $20m a year.
Often, making a public confession can be a useful and cathartic part of the treatment process.
But, problem gamblers are often very adept at denying reality and have developed very comprehensive deception strategies to themselves and others. They frequently exist in a world where the truth and facts about their gambling behaviour, and gambling itself, are reconstructed to suit their distorted world view.
It is also natural, when confronted with the inescapable truth that their personal behaviour has caused their problem, to seek to blame others.
People with gambling addictions are very similar to people recovering from alcohol addictions. They are struggling.
It is unlikely that journalists would uncritically publish assertions about breweries putting additives in their beer to make people drink more if they were made by recovering alcoholics.
It is important that the news media apply the same standards of skeptical scrutiny to claims made by recovering problem gamblers - particularly when they are made in a political forum by an organisation which has a political agenda.
(Credit: Scoop.co.nz)
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Kevin Rudd takes $2m stride with Andrew Johns, by Clementine Cuneo - The Daily Telegraph - 20th October 2008
League great Andrew Johns called it his "hare-brained idea" - but after just one day of his week-long charity trek, the former Newcastle Knight has raised more than $2 million for bipolar disorder research.
With Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at his side, Johns yesterday began his six-day walk from Newcastle to Sydney in a bid to raise money for the Black Dog Institute.
It was only a year ago that the former Australian captain revealed his secret battle with mental illness.
Andrew Johns' diary: Rudd put spring in my step
Telegraph cares: Our new initiative to help charities
Now he says the NIB Andrew Johns Walk is his way of giving something back to the people who helped and supported him though the toughest time of his life.
"It was a hare-brained idea I came up with to do this, but I wanted to say thank you and also help other people out there who are struggling with mental illness," Johns said.
More than 600,000 people across Australia suffer from bipolar disorder.
Announcing a $2 million donation to the Black Dog Institute, Mr Rudd praised Johns for speaking about his battle with depression, describing him as an inspiration to millions of people dealing with mental illness.
"What we are doing and what Andrew has been doing for a long time is removing that last great Australian taboo - talking openly about mental illness," Mr Rudd said.
Walker Chris Osborne, said it wasn't until he read Johns' biography that he realised he may also have bipolar disorder. "Being on this walk for me is about dealing with bipolar disorder and learning more about it."
(Credit: The Daily Telegraph)
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With Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at his side, Johns yesterday began his six-day walk from Newcastle to Sydney in a bid to raise money for the Black Dog Institute.
It was only a year ago that the former Australian captain revealed his secret battle with mental illness.
Andrew Johns' diary: Rudd put spring in my step
Telegraph cares: Our new initiative to help charities
Now he says the NIB Andrew Johns Walk is his way of giving something back to the people who helped and supported him though the toughest time of his life.
"It was a hare-brained idea I came up with to do this, but I wanted to say thank you and also help other people out there who are struggling with mental illness," Johns said.
More than 600,000 people across Australia suffer from bipolar disorder.
Announcing a $2 million donation to the Black Dog Institute, Mr Rudd praised Johns for speaking about his battle with depression, describing him as an inspiration to millions of people dealing with mental illness.
"What we are doing and what Andrew has been doing for a long time is removing that last great Australian taboo - talking openly about mental illness," Mr Rudd said.
Walker Chris Osborne, said it wasn't until he read Johns' biography that he realised he may also have bipolar disorder. "Being on this walk for me is about dealing with bipolar disorder and learning more about it."
(Credit: The Daily Telegraph)
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Friday, October 17, 2008
He's trying to raise $15,000 to meet Richard Branson, by Benson Ang - Singapore Press Holdings - 17th October 2008
But man tells people on Orchard Rd that money is for business school
You may have seen this man on Orchard Road on Tuesday, clad in singlet and pants, carrying a signboard and offering bookmarks and hugs.
The sign reads: 'Help Me Raise Funds to Enter a Business School and Get a Free Hug!'
Speak to him and you discover what he really wants is money to fly to Los Angeles to meet his idol, the flamboyant English billionaire Richard Branson, at a charity dinner.
The 24-year-old did not want to reveal his real name, explaining: 'I do not know how my family and my relatives will react to this.
'So if anything negative comes out, I can just say it's another person, for the time being.'
But he has already exposed his identity by agreeing to be photographed, we told him. His reply: 'Do you know how many people look like me? I'm quite surprised. Just today, I saw four people who looked like me.'
So he asked to be known by his alias, Casper White, instead.
Why is he raising money like this? He said: 'If you think I am crazy, you are not the first person to say so.'
He said he and two friends were trying to raise money for three plane tickets to Los Angeles, so that they could attend a charity dinner called Rock the Kasbah, organised by Mr Branson. (See report on facing page.)
Casper and his friends have until Sunday to raise $15,000, or $5,000 a person.
He declined to reveal how much money he had on his own.
Just finished NS
He said he graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in Information Technology two years ago and finished his national service last month.
He became interested in business in August last year, and began to be inspired by Mr Branson, whom he calls his 'Kurt Cobain' (the late frontman of rock band Nirvana).
'The people (at the charity dinner) are all very experienced and wise businessmen who can sell ice to Eskimos, who can make millions just out of a few bucks.
'When we go there, and are surrounded by these businessmen, they will pass their knowledge to us, and we can be just as successful.'
Casper said he had some business projects in mind, but declined to reveal further details.
'First, I'm going to tell him (Mr Branson) the things I went through just to be there. Second, I want to tell him how much I respect him, his values, his principles.
'Third, I will ask for what opportunities he can offer to my homeland - Singapore - which I can take up and spread throughout the country.'
Casper has been asking people to buy bookmarks from him 'at a minimum of $2'. He bought the bookmarks for about 20 cents each that morning from a neighbourhood stationary shop.
He raised about $570 on Tuesday, and hugged six people. Yesterday, he managed to raise another $60.
What if he fails to raise enough money? 'I don't think of the negative. But in the worst-case scenario, we'll just donate all proceeds to Virgin Unite.'
Virgin Unite is the independent charity arm of Mr Branson's Virgin Group.
Was he being honest by saying on his sign that he wanted money to enrol in a business school? 'I'm not lying. When I go to Los Angeles, I will be meeting up with some very successful people, millionaires and billionaires. And they will pass down to me wisdom, information, teachings and principles, which I have to take in and apply, to be successful.
'Isn't that like school also?'
Do his parents approve? His mother, accounts assistant Azizah Latiff, 47, said: 'Initially, I told him that it's not such a good idea because the stock market was crashing. But he insisted that he wants to go, and is putting all his effort into it. I just hope it will become a reality.'
Said his father, Mr Shariff Ahmad, 58, who is unemployed: 'At first, I told him that it was crazy to do this. I think it's not easy. But I hope the best for him, lah.'
Casper, who lives in a five-room HDB flat in the East with his parents, said: 'They told me to get a job. But I don't want a job. The only way to be truly happy and secure is to have a business, or a business mindset.'
Did he consider other ways to raise money?
He said: 'We have two days to raise $15,000. If we want to work, the only job I can think of is called The Italian Job, meaning we go rob a bank, and steal the money.
Gaining experience
'We thought of borrowing (the money), but it's more of a hassle because of interest. We also want to gain the experience, and go through the challenge, to make us grow stronger, wiser and more mature.'
Casper claims his success rate is about one in 40 people approached, and that the highest amount he received was $100.
A police spokesman told The New Paper: 'Such sales are considered as illegal hawking if there is no prior approval from the National Environment Agency (NEA).
'The public is advised to lodge a complaint with the NEA should they encounter such street sales.
'The public may also call the police for assistance should they be harassed during the pitching of such sales.'
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You may have seen this man on Orchard Road on Tuesday, clad in singlet and pants, carrying a signboard and offering bookmarks and hugs.
The sign reads: 'Help Me Raise Funds to Enter a Business School and Get a Free Hug!'
Speak to him and you discover what he really wants is money to fly to Los Angeles to meet his idol, the flamboyant English billionaire Richard Branson, at a charity dinner.
The 24-year-old did not want to reveal his real name, explaining: 'I do not know how my family and my relatives will react to this.
'So if anything negative comes out, I can just say it's another person, for the time being.'
But he has already exposed his identity by agreeing to be photographed, we told him. His reply: 'Do you know how many people look like me? I'm quite surprised. Just today, I saw four people who looked like me.'
So he asked to be known by his alias, Casper White, instead.
Why is he raising money like this? He said: 'If you think I am crazy, you are not the first person to say so.'
He said he and two friends were trying to raise money for three plane tickets to Los Angeles, so that they could attend a charity dinner called Rock the Kasbah, organised by Mr Branson. (See report on facing page.)
Casper and his friends have until Sunday to raise $15,000, or $5,000 a person.
He declined to reveal how much money he had on his own.
Just finished NS
He said he graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in Information Technology two years ago and finished his national service last month.
He became interested in business in August last year, and began to be inspired by Mr Branson, whom he calls his 'Kurt Cobain' (the late frontman of rock band Nirvana).
'The people (at the charity dinner) are all very experienced and wise businessmen who can sell ice to Eskimos, who can make millions just out of a few bucks.
'When we go there, and are surrounded by these businessmen, they will pass their knowledge to us, and we can be just as successful.'
Casper said he had some business projects in mind, but declined to reveal further details.
'First, I'm going to tell him (Mr Branson) the things I went through just to be there. Second, I want to tell him how much I respect him, his values, his principles.
'Third, I will ask for what opportunities he can offer to my homeland - Singapore - which I can take up and spread throughout the country.'
Casper has been asking people to buy bookmarks from him 'at a minimum of $2'. He bought the bookmarks for about 20 cents each that morning from a neighbourhood stationary shop.
He raised about $570 on Tuesday, and hugged six people. Yesterday, he managed to raise another $60.
What if he fails to raise enough money? 'I don't think of the negative. But in the worst-case scenario, we'll just donate all proceeds to Virgin Unite.'
Virgin Unite is the independent charity arm of Mr Branson's Virgin Group.
Was he being honest by saying on his sign that he wanted money to enrol in a business school? 'I'm not lying. When I go to Los Angeles, I will be meeting up with some very successful people, millionaires and billionaires. And they will pass down to me wisdom, information, teachings and principles, which I have to take in and apply, to be successful.
'Isn't that like school also?'
Do his parents approve? His mother, accounts assistant Azizah Latiff, 47, said: 'Initially, I told him that it's not such a good idea because the stock market was crashing. But he insisted that he wants to go, and is putting all his effort into it. I just hope it will become a reality.'
Said his father, Mr Shariff Ahmad, 58, who is unemployed: 'At first, I told him that it was crazy to do this. I think it's not easy. But I hope the best for him, lah.'
Casper, who lives in a five-room HDB flat in the East with his parents, said: 'They told me to get a job. But I don't want a job. The only way to be truly happy and secure is to have a business, or a business mindset.'
Did he consider other ways to raise money?
He said: 'We have two days to raise $15,000. If we want to work, the only job I can think of is called The Italian Job, meaning we go rob a bank, and steal the money.
Gaining experience
'We thought of borrowing (the money), but it's more of a hassle because of interest. We also want to gain the experience, and go through the challenge, to make us grow stronger, wiser and more mature.'
Casper claims his success rate is about one in 40 people approached, and that the highest amount he received was $100.
A police spokesman told The New Paper: 'Such sales are considered as illegal hawking if there is no prior approval from the National Environment Agency (NEA).
'The public is advised to lodge a complaint with the NEA should they encounter such street sales.
'The public may also call the police for assistance should they be harassed during the pitching of such sales.'
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
'Iconoclasts' returns, bright-eyed if a bit pat, by Ted Cox - Daily Herald - 16th October 2008
Two people can bring out the worst in each other, as anyone who's seen the presidential debates can attest. But a unified couple can also have the opposite effect - on themselves and those around them.
"Iconoclasts," the wonderfully whimsical celebrity-on-celebrity interview program, returns at 9 p.m. today on the Sundance Channel, and its fourth season premiere is testimony to that beneficial impact we sometimes have on one another.
In a series based upon unlikely pairings, the season debut offers one of the unlikeliest: South Africa's Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and British entrepreneur, adventurer and billionaire Sir Richard Branson. What could they possibly have in common? Well, a remarkable fondness for each other, to start, but also a bright-eyed optimism about the state and fate of the world, no matter how dire the current situation.
I have to say, in some ways the Branson-Tutu pairing is "Iconoclasts" at its best, but it also reveals some pitfalls to the show's premise. When the subjects are so big, as these two world figures are, they aren't likely to be pushed to any new insights by the producer-director and crew. Although Tutu and Branson express a clear and mutual affection for each other and a remarkable buoyancy, they don't really get to interact all that much, unless you count Branson trying to give Tutu a short-lived swimming lesson in the ocean-view pool he has on his private island.
There is none of the fascinating conversational back-and-forth that can make "Iconoclasts" so captivating, as was the case between Quentin Tarantino and Fiona Apple in the second season. Instead, there is a lot of historical background on both as individuals, mixed with a few heartwarming scenes of them together.
Yet they are genuinely heartwarming. These are two huge souls, and it's a kick to see them together, even when tossed in with a self-important, idealistic mission organizing a group called the Elders.
That too is a problem, however. Branson and Tutu hope to make the Elders a force for world peace, using well-respected leaders like former Irish President Mary Robinson and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mediate conflicts in global hot spots. Yet what does it have to do with Branson and Tutu when fellow Elders organizer Peter Gabriel sits down at the piano to do a singalong on his anthem "Biko" with Roslyn and Jimmy Carter?
The setting is kind of off-putting, too, for anyone not to the manor born. Yes, it's easy to dream of world peace when you're sitting on your own private island, taking discussion breaks with catamaran races and ending the day with your own personal fireworks display.
Yet Tutu, for one, cuts right through the opulence. It's not as if he hasn't seen the other side of life in South Africa under apartheid.
"People are dying in wars," he acknowledges, "but there's goodness and laughter." In effect, he engages a one-man attack on cynicism, and that battle is joined by Branson. "I was just thinking how easy it is to pooh-pooh attempts to change the world," Tutu says. "Because what can a few individuals do in the face of all the ghastliness?" That makes the fight to turn the world into "a slightly more compassionate place" all the more noble.
"You can't be human all by yourself," Tutu says. "We are all connected. - When you are successful, it spreads out."
Branson couldn't have a more eloquent friend and ally, and he projects his own jolly mission to make the world a better place - whether through world peace or simply a better airline.
In the end, "Iconoclasts" wipes away most if not all of the preconceptions and suspicions a viewer might bring to it, to revel in unlikely yet enduring connections between human beings. "There is an extraordinary alchemy that happens between two people," Tutu says, and that expresses the wonder of "Iconoclasts" in its essence.
• Ted Cox writes Tuesday and Thursday in L&E and Friday in Sports and Time out!
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"Iconoclasts," the wonderfully whimsical celebrity-on-celebrity interview program, returns at 9 p.m. today on the Sundance Channel, and its fourth season premiere is testimony to that beneficial impact we sometimes have on one another.
In a series based upon unlikely pairings, the season debut offers one of the unlikeliest: South Africa's Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and British entrepreneur, adventurer and billionaire Sir Richard Branson. What could they possibly have in common? Well, a remarkable fondness for each other, to start, but also a bright-eyed optimism about the state and fate of the world, no matter how dire the current situation.
I have to say, in some ways the Branson-Tutu pairing is "Iconoclasts" at its best, but it also reveals some pitfalls to the show's premise. When the subjects are so big, as these two world figures are, they aren't likely to be pushed to any new insights by the producer-director and crew. Although Tutu and Branson express a clear and mutual affection for each other and a remarkable buoyancy, they don't really get to interact all that much, unless you count Branson trying to give Tutu a short-lived swimming lesson in the ocean-view pool he has on his private island.
There is none of the fascinating conversational back-and-forth that can make "Iconoclasts" so captivating, as was the case between Quentin Tarantino and Fiona Apple in the second season. Instead, there is a lot of historical background on both as individuals, mixed with a few heartwarming scenes of them together.
Yet they are genuinely heartwarming. These are two huge souls, and it's a kick to see them together, even when tossed in with a self-important, idealistic mission organizing a group called the Elders.
That too is a problem, however. Branson and Tutu hope to make the Elders a force for world peace, using well-respected leaders like former Irish President Mary Robinson and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mediate conflicts in global hot spots. Yet what does it have to do with Branson and Tutu when fellow Elders organizer Peter Gabriel sits down at the piano to do a singalong on his anthem "Biko" with Roslyn and Jimmy Carter?
The setting is kind of off-putting, too, for anyone not to the manor born. Yes, it's easy to dream of world peace when you're sitting on your own private island, taking discussion breaks with catamaran races and ending the day with your own personal fireworks display.
Yet Tutu, for one, cuts right through the opulence. It's not as if he hasn't seen the other side of life in South Africa under apartheid.
"People are dying in wars," he acknowledges, "but there's goodness and laughter." In effect, he engages a one-man attack on cynicism, and that battle is joined by Branson. "I was just thinking how easy it is to pooh-pooh attempts to change the world," Tutu says. "Because what can a few individuals do in the face of all the ghastliness?" That makes the fight to turn the world into "a slightly more compassionate place" all the more noble.
"You can't be human all by yourself," Tutu says. "We are all connected. - When you are successful, it spreads out."
Branson couldn't have a more eloquent friend and ally, and he projects his own jolly mission to make the world a better place - whether through world peace or simply a better airline.
In the end, "Iconoclasts" wipes away most if not all of the preconceptions and suspicions a viewer might bring to it, to revel in unlikely yet enduring connections between human beings. "There is an extraordinary alchemy that happens between two people," Tutu says, and that expresses the wonder of "Iconoclasts" in its essence.
• Ted Cox writes Tuesday and Thursday in L&E and Friday in Sports and Time out!
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
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More needs to be done for Sydney's homeless: Welfare agencies, by Erin Maher - Macquarie National News - 4th October 2008
Welfare agencies want more to be done to help Sydney's homeless - claiming some services are poorly coordinated.
Over the past 20 years NSW spent up to $1 million on emergency assistance for one homeless man who had a severe drug addiction.
John O’Connor died last Saturday - but welfare groups say, if the money was spent on pro-active help he may still be alive today.
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Over the past 20 years NSW spent up to $1 million on emergency assistance for one homeless man who had a severe drug addiction.
John O’Connor died last Saturday - but welfare groups say, if the money was spent on pro-active help he may still be alive today.
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