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He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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A public policy think tank is pushing the Government to take advantage of social impact bonds.
The model means the Government only pays providers when they achieve results for a particular problem.
It had previously been used for the Genesis Youth Trust, which reduced youth reoffending by 30%.
Maxim Institute Researcher Thomas Scrimgeour told Mike Hosking the beauty of social impact bonds is that it allows highly flexible and customisable interventions.
He says you can target the people who are most vulnerable, not just the easy options.
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