Journalist Hedley Thomas tells the Chris Dawson trial how he came to the view Dawson was a murderer. 

And, the cashed-up Sydney and Melbourne investors distorting property markets around Australia. 

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Kristen Amiet & Hareem Khan, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.