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Almost one in five Australians steal from supermarkets by using dishonest behaviour at self-serve checkouts, according to a recent survey.

In new research nine per cent of shoppers admitted to not scanning items before leaving the supermarket, while another ten per cent deliberately lied about what they had scanned to get a cheaper price – for example, putting an avocado on the scales but saying it was an onion.

That is according to a nationally representative survey of 1010 respondents conducted by Finder.

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Extrapolating nationwide, it would mean 3.8 million Australians have stolen in the past year.

Finder's Richard Whitten linked the thefts to the rising cost of living.

"Of course, most self-checkout machines can't tell brown onions from portobello mushrooms," he said.

"I suspect a lot of Australians don't regard scanning items incorrectly on purpose to be the same level of theft as running out of a shop with a loaf of bread."

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The research also showed two per cent of Australians have dined and dashed in the past year. 

Six per cent said they had driven away without paying for petrol.

If you haven't stolen anything in the past year, you are among 81 per cent of Australians.

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Chris Dawson has arrived at Silverwater Prison after he was convicted of the 1982 murder of his wife Lynette yesterday.

Dawson, 74, spent the night behind bars at the Sydney Police Centre yesterday following Justice Ian Harrison's marathon five-hour ruling.

The former school teacher and Newtown Jets player was transported to Silverwater this morning, arriving before midday.

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He was be kept under guard in an inmate transport truck for the trip across Sydney.

Now at Silverwater, he will undergo a thorough identification process there, even after having eye scans and fingerprints taken at the Police Centre.

Dawson will be strip-searched and have all his clothes taken off him, replaced with a set of prison greens.

That will include a tracksuit, green t-shirt, and prison-issued shoes.

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From there he will be taken to his cell, where he will spend the majority of his time in Silverwater.

He will also be issued a toiletries pack including a toothbrush, toothpaste, soap and a razor.

Silverwater prisoners are also allowed to purchase extras at a maximum of $100 worth a week.

The only hot meal of the day will come at 3pm in the form of a frozen dinner, which Dawson will heat up in the confines of his cell.

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It's likely that Dawson, given his high profile and the infamy of the case, will be kept in isolation for his own safety.

His lawyer has indicated they will be applying for bail ahead of sentencing, as well as a likely appeal against the verdict.

But barring those outcomes, Dawson will remain in Silverwater until his sentencing, when it is likely he will be sent to a regional correctional facility.

It's anticipated the sentence could see him spend the rest of his days behind bars.

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The journalist behind hit podcast The Teacher's Pet has told of his "enormous relief" after the conviction of Chris Dawson for the 1982 murder in Sydney of his wife Lynette yesterday.

Journalist Hedley Thomas was speaking with Today this morning after Dawson, 74, spent the night behind bars following Justice Ian Harrison's marathon five-hour ruling.

He said he never "pulled any punches" with his investigative journalism but felt relief when he heard the verdict in the Sydney court.

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"I felt enormous relief, and almost a sense that, for Lyn's family and friends, really good friends on the Northern Beaches, her brother, Greg, and sister Pat, and all the other extended family members … they could start to get on with their lives."

The award-winning 16-episode series The Teacher's Pet was released in 2018 and has since been downloaded 60 million times across the globe.

Thomas said the threat of legal action and intense public scrutiny over the podcast had been "gruelling" but he and his colleagues never wavered from getting to the truth about what happened to Lynette Dawson.

"I set out to try to get to the bottom of what happened to Lyn.

"I really believed that Chris Dawson had a case to answer, and that he should go to trial, and he should've gone to trial … many years ago."

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The cold case came into the public's attention decades on thanks to The Teacher's Pet.

The podcast, which had to be taken down during the trial, revealed new evidence which led police to charge Dawson with his missing wife's murder.

Thomas rejected claims he went too far in his investigations and insisted the family of Lynette Dawson supported him.

"The fact is, Lyn Dawson had been missing for more than 36 years when I started doing the Teacher's Pet podcast series. There needed to be a really powerful push," he said.

"There needed to be some media that would potentially bring people out of the woodwork, and produce a reaction in the office of the DPP that could actually lead to him being charged, as two coroners had back in 2001 and 2003 recommended.

"I went at it hard. You know, I didn't pull any punches. It was a front-footed journalistic exercise, but I'm not going to make any apology for that."

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Dawson is expected to be moved to Silverwater Prison in western Sydney today.

His lawyer has indicated they will be applying for bail ahead of sentencing, as well as a likely appeal against the verdict.

It's anticipated the sentence could see him spend the rest of his days behind bars.

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