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... that Peter Macari, the mastermind of the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax, extorted $500,000 from Qantas Airways, and that more than $200,000 remains unaccounted for? Source: [1]
The 'Background' section says, "Macari then sold a fish and chip shop he owned to his eldest brother Bernard for roughly $6,500" . Since the transaction took place in the UK, surely the value should also appear in £/GBP as well as (presumably Australian) dollars? I'm not sure what the 1969 conversion rate was, though. This currency converter makes it about £3,043, but I'm not sure whether Wikipedia regards such things as a reliable source. JezGrove (talk) 10:37, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not entirely sure, the figure comes from a 1972 article of The Age which can be found here, I would think the amount was converted from pounds to Australian dollars, however I don't want to assume anything so it might be best to just remove it from the article considering it's not very relevant. Huey117 (talk) 12:17, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Good to go Hawkeye7 (discuss) 07:36, 26 September 2021 (UTC)