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Tara Cosoleto

Man charged over Australian of the Year awards bets

Betting irregularities in the 2021 Australian of the Year awards were reported to the AFP. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

A Sydney man has been charged with using insider information to bet on the outcome of five Australian of the Year awards.

It's alleged the 47-year-old Collaroy man used information from a commonwealth employee to place a series of bets on the awards between 2017 and 2021.

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