Minns urges opposition to join clean-up of NSW’s ‘shameful record’ on grants

Minns urges opposition to join clean-up of NSW’s ‘shameful record’ on grants

The premier implored the opposition to back new laws to clean up government grants in NSW after it oversaw scandals in bushfire and local council funding that favoured Coalition seats.

  • byLucy Cormack

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NSW government unable to find value in high-profile trade commissioner roles

NSW government unable to find value in high-profile trade commissioner roles

Briefings to the industry and trade minister have failed to justify the value of the roles,galvanising Labor’s decision to axe the posts.

  • byLucy Cormack
Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

The embattled neurosurgeon says he was driving Ubers to get by. But he still had a spare $10,000 for the underworld identity’s charity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Mia Freedman memoir adaptation produced by former Weinstein lawyer

Mia Freedman memoir adaptation produced by former Weinstein lawyer

Steve Hutensky helped Harvey Weinstein secure non-disclosure agreements with women he’d allegedly sexually harassed. Now he’s one of Australia’s biggest film producers.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Barilaro,Ayres hit with lawsuit over New York trade commissioner job
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Barilaro,Ayres hit with lawsuit over New York trade commissioner job

Jennifer West alleges she was removed from the $500,000-a-year post to avoid embarrassment to government ministers John Barilaro and Stuart Ayres.

  • byJordan Baker
ICAC finds ‘no corrupt conduct’ in Barilaro trade appointment

ICAC finds ‘no corrupt conduct’ in Barilaro trade appointment

A seven-month investigation by ICAC into John Barilaro’s US trade role appointment has been closed following compulsory secret interviews and examination of documents.

  • byLucy Cormack
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NSW Labor on track to return to government for first time since landslide 2011 loss
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NSW Labor on track to return to government for first time since landslide 2011 loss

Less than four weeks before the March 25 election,Labor is on track to win a majority government,although many voters are undecided about which party to support.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Barilaro interfered in UK agent-general appointment,inquiry finds

Barilaro interfered in UK agent-general appointment,inquiry finds

The former deputy premier personally solicited Stephen Cartwright for the lucrative role that resulted in a poor “financial outcome for the state of NSW”.

  • byLucy Cormack andTom Rabe
‘Disgraceful’:Federal minister says NSW cabinet signed off on bushfire grants to Coalition seats

‘Disgraceful’:Federal minister says NSW cabinet signed off on bushfire grants to Coalition seats

Federal emergency management minister Murray Watt says the prioritisation of bushfire grants to Coalition seats in NSW was a decision of state cabinet.

  • byAlexandra Smith,Lucy Cormack andPaul Sakkal
Ayres under fire in scathing report into Barilaro trade job scandal

Ayres under fire in scathing report into Barilaro trade job scandal

The former Liberal minister who lost his cabinet position amid the John Barilaro scandal is a key target of the report,which described the process as a ‘jobs for the boys’ appointment.

  • byLucy Cormack
Barilaro trade appointment amounted to ‘jobs for the boys’,inquiry finds

Barilaro trade appointment amounted to ‘jobs for the boys’,inquiry finds

The upper house probe also made a scathing assessment of former trade minister Stuart Ayres,accusing him of misleading the public and questioning whether he misled parliament.

  • byLucy Cormack