Ex-Australia Post employee and friend plead guilty in Australian of the Year insider information betting scandal

The men faced a Melbourne court after being charged following a three-year investigation by federal police into gambling on the annual awards

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Two high school friends used insider information to bet on the winner of three Australian of the Year awards, and pocket thousands of dollars, a court has heard.

James Dawkins, 39, and 38-year-old Dean Young fronted Dandenong magistrates court in Melbourne on Thursday after details of their plan came to light.

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