The cost of the accommodation for the chair, his wife and his "fur-baby Vito" at Brisbane's inner-city Ovolo hotel last year was queried by the company's CEO.
The ABC understands a health worker drank shots of alcohol with the couple at the Gold Coast University Hospital's VAD unit, before the drugs were taken.
An explosive report alleging Queensland Health failed to refer a young patient to a special care team before he died by suicide was withheld from his distraught parents, prompting claims of a "cover-up".
An ABC investigation finds that among investments raking in the dollars for the Australian-founded Macquarie Group is the nation's billion-dollar illegal tobacco trade.
Four Corners has uncovered allegations of conflicts of interest and pro-industry bias at the country's part-time regulator responsible for Australia's biggest betting companies.
The ABC has uncovered the case as part of an examination of Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service's treatment of mental health patients and their suicides.
Bondi gunman Naveed Akram trained at a Sydney shooting club in "firearms safety" and "how to hunt", the club's president has revealed in an interview with a Serbian newspaper.