Concluding his 13-year-run in NSW parliament, former NSW treasurer Matt Kean issued a tribute to his “great friend and mentor,” former premier Gladys Berejiklian, resolutely stating her exit from politics “denied the state of one of its finest premiers and leaders”. In a valedictory speech attended by Liberal luminary formerContinue Reading
The NSW corruption watchdog has dropped its investigation into dumped Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp, who was stood down over allegations he failed to declare conflicts of interest and may have made a “significant breach of ministerial conduct”. NSW Premier Chris Minns announced last August he had removed Mr Crakanthorp fromContinue Reading
Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach claims in text messages sent to his boss during Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal rape trial that the former Liberal staffer’s public relations guru John Macgowan wanted to strike a $200,000 TV deal with Channel 7 while the jury was still out. Documents published by the Federal CourtContinue Reading
A former NSW MP and secret lover of Gladys Berejiklian will go to trial to fight allegations he falsified documents while in office. Daryl Maguire was charged in November 2022 with one count of conspiracy to commit an offence. Mr Maguire is alleged to have falsified documents between January 2013Continue Reading
The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has cleared a senior public servant at the centre of allegations which suggested she used insider information to purchase a $3.8m home in a Sydney suburb earmarked for high density developments. Under parliamentary privilege, Katie Joyner – who is a director at the Department of Planning,Continue Reading
NSW Finance Minister Courtney Houssos has come under fire over concerns from the state’s corruption watchdog that the government’s pledge to source goods and services from local providers could lead to “unnecessary” lobbying and conflicts of interest. In a submission made to a parliamentary inquiry into local procurement, the IndependentContinue Reading
The final report into a high-profile inquiry into a Sydney prison guard who was sentenced to 23 years in jail for assaulting female inmates has been delivered to the NSW Governor and NSW Premier. In 2023, Wayne Gregory Astill was convicted of 34 charges, including aggravated sexual assault and indecentContinue Reading
NSW’s workplace health and safety regulator has been referred to the anti-corruption watchdog over “significant flaws” in the procurement of inaccurate monitoring devices meant to detect toxic silica particles which were meant to protect workers using engineered stone. In a scathing report handed down by the NSW auditor-general Margaret CrawfordContinue Reading
A senior NSW planning bureaucrat stood down amid parliamentary allegations she used insider information for the purchase of a $3.8m home “was not involved” in direct discussions, the chief planning department boss has revealed in budget estimates. Earlier this month, Liberal MP Alister Henskens alleged under parliamentary privilege that aContinue Reading
The illicit cannabis market is allowing Sydney’s criminal gangs to fund activities, including the gangland war, Legalise Cannabis Party MP Jeremy Buckingham has said. During a grilling of NSW Premier Chris Minns on Wednesday, Mr Buckingham said revenue generated by the black market cannabis sales “provides the resources to theseContinue Reading