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Karen Sweeney

Drug counsellor's Order of Australia gone

A County Court judge called Anthony Dieni's fall from grace a "crash worthy of Icarus". (AAP)

A corrupt drug counsellor jailed for exchanging cocaine and other drugs for lies in court has had his Order of Australia award cancelled.

Anthony Dieni was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia in 1997 for "services to the community through St Paul's Drug Rehabilitation Centre for people with addictions to drugs and alcohol".

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