ICAC wants to know if Labor will reform lobbying. Its letters went unanswered for months

ICAC wants to know if Labor will reform lobbying. Its letters went unanswered for months

Seventeen months into its first term,the Minns government has yet to accept key recommendations from the corruption watchdog.

  • byPatrick Begley

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Former lord mayor ‘broke protocol’ in CEO negotiations,report alleges

Former lord mayor ‘broke protocol’ in CEO negotiations,report alleges

Councillor and now MP Donna Davis led the City of Parramatta’s search for a new chief executive,but a key person was missing from the recruitment panel.

  • byAnthony Segaert
Gladys Berejiklian defends her leadership after losing ICAC court challenge

Gladys Berejiklian defends her leadership after losing ICAC court challenge

A majority of the NSW Court of Appeal dismissed the former premier’s challenge to damning corruption findings made against her.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Bankrupt former Sydney council worker ‘too busy’ to declare $253,000 payments

Bankrupt former Sydney council worker ‘too busy’ to declare $253,000 payments

The ex-Canterbury-Bankstown employee has denied to the ICAC that he accepted money from a friend in return for help winning valuable local government work.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Former council contractor admits he took kickbacks for Sydney projects

Former council contractor admits he took kickbacks for Sydney projects

Pietro Cossu’s company was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some of it was reward for helping his friend win council work,a corruption inquiry heard.

  • byMegan Gorrey
‘I didn’t help him’:This former Sydney council contractor denies tweaking quotes for mate

‘I didn’t help him’:This former Sydney council contractor denies tweaking quotes for mate

A corruption inquiry has heard Pietro Cossu received a quote from a friend for a project. Two phone calls and four hours later,the quote changed by $11,000.

  • byMegan Gorrey
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The council quote that went up $11,000 in four hours

The council quote that went up $11,000 in four hours

A corruption probe has heard a Sydney subcontractor’s desire to win more government contracts coincided with an infrastructure boom at the City of Canterbury-Bankstown council.

  • byMegan Gorrey
Dad’s Dubbo house,the surprise ute and the missing $4 million

Dad’s Dubbo house,the surprise ute and the missing $4 million

Ivan Webb’s son found a way to help his parents buy their family home. Now Benjamin Webb is at the centre of a corruption probe.

  • byMegan Gorrey
ICAC targets two men,two companies and a ‘potential profit’ of $4 million

ICAC targets two men,two companies and a ‘potential profit’ of $4 million

A company linked to two ex-employees made a potential $4 million by supplying dozens of hired workers to the organisation through other recruitment agencies.

  • byMegan Gorrey
How letter to the editor exposed a fake identity and earned an ICAC referral

How letter to the editor exposed a fake identity and earned an ICAC referral

On Wednesday,the editor of the Southern Highlands Express referred the local MP to the corruption watchdog. By Thursday,the bizarre saga took on another life.

  • byAnthony Segaert andMax Maddison
‘If I get busted,I get done for fraud’:ICAC finds council worker corrupt

‘If I get busted,I get done for fraud’:ICAC finds council worker corrupt

Tony Nguyen used fake email addresses,aliases and “dummy bids” to manipulate tender processes for council projects,the corruption watchdog has found.

  • byMegan Gorrey