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EARLIER this year Richard Cottee was at his beach house, licking his wounds after a somewhat acrimonious stoush with Nexus Energy and plotting his next move, when Austin Exploration technical director and chief executive Mark Hart visited with an offer he couldn't refuse.

James McGrath

The two have history - they worked together in the 90s and Hart is the godfather to one of Cottee's children - but Cottee at first had no idea what Hart's ulterior motive was. "I didn't particularly...

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