It could happen to anyone. Your pet - let’s face it, the best person in the house - goes missing. So you take to social media, to help track him or her down. So, how does it go from this, to getting sued, and becoming embroiled in a million dollar legal battle, that drags on for years? Today, investigative reporter Harriet Alexander, on the dodgy vet, the pet detective and the fate of one beloved King Charles Cavalier Spaniel named Teddy.

It could happen to anyone. Your pet - let&rsquo;s face it, the best person in the house - goes missing. So you take to social media, to help track him or her down. So, how does it go from this, to getting sued, and becoming embroiled in a million dollar legal battle, that drags on for years? Today, investigative reporter Harriet Alexander, on the dodgy vet, the pet detective and the fate of one beloved King Charles Cavalier Spaniel named Teddy.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The dodgy vet, the pet detective and the million-dollar legal battle

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Thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes due to Israeli airstrikes and forced evacuations as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated this week.

Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe and photojournalist Kate Geraghty report from Lebanon, after the US and Israel’s war on Iran expanded to the region. 

Thousands of people in Lebanon have fled their homes due to Israeli airstrikes and forced evacuations as the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalated this week.
Today, Europe correspondent David Crowe and photojournalist Kate Geraghty report from Lebanon, after the US and Israel&rsquo;s war on Iran expanded to the region.&nbsp;

Reporting from Lebanon: How far will the Iran war expand from here?

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The lieutenant governor of Texas has called it “the biggest theft from the people of Texas in the history of Texas”. He was referring to the work of Australian gamblers who scooped up a $US95 million jackpot. 

And this is the kicker: they did it by buying up nearly every single lottery ticket and, they say, by following all the rules.

Today, investigative reporter Patrick Begley on the Australians who took down the Texan lottery.

The lieutenant governor of Texas has called it &ldquo;the biggest theft from the people of Texas in the history of Texas&rdquo;. He was referring to the work of Australian gamblers who scooped up a $US95 million jackpot. And this is the kicker: they did it by buying up nearly every single lottery ticket and, they say, by following all the rules. Today, investigative reporter Patrick Begley on the Australians who took down the Texan lottery.

How a group of Australian gamblers beat the Texas lottery

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Micky Ahuja catapulted his company MA Services from nothing to the big time to become the security provider of choice to the federal government retail giants like Coles and Bunnings, and a major sponsor of AFL clubs.

But his empire was a house of cards.

Today Nick McKenzie on one of the more spectacular and disturbing corporate unravellings in recent memory. 

Micky Ahuja catapulted his company MA Services from nothing to the big time to become the security provider of choice to the federal government retail giants like Coles and Bunnings, and a major sponsor of AFL clubs. But his empire was a house of cards.
Today Nick McKenzie on one of the more spectacular and disturbing corporate unravellings in recent memory.&nbsp;

Mickey the 'monster': Sinister allegations behind spectacular corporate unravelling

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The dodgy vet, the pet detective and the million-dollar legal battle

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