Cynical politics left fire victims abandoned. Never again
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Cynical politics left fire victims abandoned. Never again

In the Blue Mountains,we felt utterly abandoned to learn that funds for bushfire recovery were skewed to Coalition seats.

  • bySerena Joyner

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Gobsmacked by Barilaro’s behaviour? Join the club

Good old “Pork Barilaro”,the gift that keeps giving to NSW Labor.

Bushfire grants report sent to corruption watchdog

Bushfire grants report sent to corruption watchdog

The probe into the $100 million program scrutinised the intervention of John Barilaro’s former office and has since triggered accusations of pork-barrelling.

  • byLucy Cormack andTom Rabe
ICAC investigation can show if grants pork-barrelling is corruption

ICAC investigation can show if grants pork-barrelling is corruption

MPs must learn that they cannot treat taxpayer funds allocated for the public good as a personal election war chest.

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John Barilaro assault charges dismissed on mental health grounds

John Barilaro assault charges dismissed on mental health grounds

The former deputy premier was “significantly suffering” when he allegedly lashed out at a cameraman last year,a Sydney court heard.

  • byJenny Noyes
Explain bushfire grants or I’ll refer your office to ICAC,Minns tells Barilaro

Explain bushfire grants or I’ll refer your office to ICAC,Minns tells Barilaro

NSW Labor leader Chris Minns says he will give John Barilaro 24 hours to answer questions about why his office intervened in a $100m bushfire recovery program,or he will refer the matter to the corruption watchdog.

  • byLucy Cormack andTom Rabe
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Barilaro sounded out prospects to become new boss of ClubsNSW

Barilaro sounded out prospects to become new boss of ClubsNSW

Former deputy premier John Barilaro approached the chairman of ClubsNSW to back him in a bid to become the new boss of the embattled lobby group.

  • byLucy Cormack,Tom Rabe andAlexandra Smith
Barilaro’s office steered bushfire recovery funds away from Labor-held seats:audit office

Barilaro’s office steered bushfire recovery funds away from Labor-held seats:audit office

The former deputy premier John Barilaro’s office intervened to stop Labor-held electorates from receiving fast-tracked bushfire funding.

  • byAlexandra Smith andLucy Cormack
Cull of duty:why we need to shoot all the feral horses in the Snowies

Cull of duty:why we need to shoot all the feral horses in the Snowies

The damage caused by brumbies in the Snowy Mountains has one obvious solution,but the NSW government hasn’t had the guts to do it.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘Stitch up from the start’:Calls to review ex-Liberal MP’s lucrative $537,000 job

‘Stitch up from the start’:Calls to review ex-Liberal MP’s lucrative $537,000 job

Former Liberal MP John Ajaka is at the centre of a “jobs for the boys” stoush after his lucrative appointment to run a Sydney council.

  • byKate McClymont andLucy Cormack
Former Treasury boss says Barilaro’s salary conversations were ‘clearly inappropriate’

Former Treasury boss says Barilaro’s salary conversations were ‘clearly inappropriate’

Senior public servant says former deputy premier John Barilaro was wrong to discuss remuneration with a potential candidate for the lucrative London trade role.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos