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CFMEU faces fresh investigations into alleged corruption in Queensland, NSW and SA branches

Union’s administrator accepts all seven of Geoffrey Watson SC’s recommendations, including looking into alleged links to motorcycle gangs

The Guardian - AU

Bikies targeted in administrator's CFMEU clean-up

The man in charged with cleaning up the CFMEU has promised to target outlaw bikies and organised criminals in all areas of the construction industry.

AAP

'Unexceptional': CFMEU organiser's rant reveals all

Violence and intimidation were so prevalent in the construction arm of the CFMEU's Victorian branch that aggressive threats caught on video were 'commonplace'.

AAP

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Regional Express folds

Regional areas are fearful of losing jobs and tourism after Rex went into voluntary administration yesterday, and the latest inflation data is set to be released.

Crikey

Berejiklian’s lifetime pension unaffected despite failed corruption finding appeal

The former NSW premier is reportedly entitled to a generous pension, and the ICAC’s findings against her do not affect it.

Crikey

Transport, housing and cost of living: how has Labor fared in its first year in power in NSW?

While the Minns government has made strides on wages, many of its promises – on renting, buses and the environment – remain unfulfilled

The Guardian - AU

High stakes in ex-premier's fight against 'corrupt' tag

Former premier Gladys Berejiklian's bid to shred adverse findings by the corruption watchdog will have "pretty dramatic consequences" for both, an expert says.

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‘Labor’s lost interest in transparency’: Another year of a broken FOI scheme

Some gains but many losses in freedom of information requests from Labor as calls for transparency become words used only in opposition.

Crikey

Australia's Goldilocks city, where all developers are welcome

'Is Goldilocks appropriate for Newcastle? It sure isn't Sleeping Beauty anymore.'

Newcastle Herald

'Absolutely appalled': Drumgold could seek to have findings set aside

A top silk agrees the outgoing prosecutor has been denied procedural fairness.

The Canberra Times

'He doesn't understand Newcastle': Hilton Grugeon hits back at Geoffrey Watson SC

'There seemed to be these sort of weird oligarchs.'

Newcastle Herald

Icac found Gladys Berejiklian engaged in corrupt conduct. So why won’t she be prosecuted?

Former boyfriend Daryl Maguire may face charges, but proving criminal activity by the former premier would be difficult.

The Guardian - AU

Love, power and secrecy: NSW anxiously awaits ICAC’s Gladys Berejiklian report

An investigation that’s been more than seven years in the making will end next week. Here’s everything you need to know.

Crikey

The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims

Reforms in the wake of the child sexual abuse royal commission made it easier for victims to seek compensation, but now a fierce new battleground is emerging as some organisations at the centre of the claims push to have cases thrown out altogether.

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Tasmanian premier faces backlash over push to limit what MPs can say in parliament

Tasmania's opposition political parties have furiously opposed a move by the government which may restrict them from naming public servants under parliamentary privilege.

The Guardian - AU

How the NSW government can still benefit from developer money despite political donations ban

Property developers are banned from making political donations in NSW but can legally become major patrons of important government projects

Crikey

Benched: what actually happens when a federal judge misbehaves?

There is currently no real accountability process for judges at the federal level — although that may change in 2023.

ABC News

Deal sees payment flow from Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting to Liberal Party

Gina Rinehart's company, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd, was behind a $150,000 payment to the Liberal Party, transferred via a third party, and not declared by the mining giant.

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Former senator’s freedom of information battle for national cabinet papers rages on

Rex Patrick began his fight for access to national cabinet papers during the Morrison government. It continues with the Albanese government.

Crikey

Integrity was in tatters after the Morrison era. But is Labor doing enough to fix it?

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has cleared a path of integrity through the tortuous mess left by the former PM. But he can’t afford to stop now.

ABC News

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe admits to undisclosed relationship with ex-Rebels president Dean Martin while on law enforcement committee

Staffers to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe were concerned her undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang president while she served on parliament's law enforcement committee posed a perceived conflict of interest.

Crikey

Good cop, bad cop?

China has set up 80 police operations or ‘contact points’ for its citizens across the world, including one in Sydney, and teal crossbenchers are considering fundraising to pay for more staff.

Crikey

Mark Latham’s ‘devilishly clever’ plan to expand One Nation

The One Nation NSW leader’s ‘cynical’ strategy is probably permissible, according to a prominent barrister.

The Guardian - AU

Four state scandals that show what a federal anti-corruption commission could uncover

From Eddie Obeid to ‘Mr Ipswich’, state anti-corruption bodies have already shown how they can hold the powerful to account

The New Daily

Clock ticking on MPs move to revoke $18 million from Governor-General’s favoured charity

Crossbench MPs have given the government 15 sitting days to stand in the way of their move to revoke an $18 million grant to a charity.

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