Kate McClymont is a Senior Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
Eleven years ago, Roger "Don't call me the Dodger" Rogerson was sitting in the dock, clutching a John Grisham thriller as he waited to find out how long he would be spending in the Big House this time around.
The fallout from the charging of former ALP party boss Jamie Clements with misuse of the electoral roll is threatening to embroil the party in a deepening scandal with details emerging of widespread abuse of confidential electoral roll information by the party's head office.
Boxing trainer Lincoln Hudson has denied allegations that a disgraced union boss leaked to him contact details unlawfully obtained from the electoral roll in order to threaten a rival.
Ron Medich's murder trial will go ahead in July after the Supreme Court rejected his claim that he did not have the funds to pay his barrister.
Controversial Hurstville councillor Con Hindi has been reprimanded and suspended from office for misconduct.
He's been bankrupted, banned and jailed but now convicted fraudster Stephen Larkin has hit upon a court-sanctioned fraud which has enabled him to "legally" plunder the bank accounts of his victims.
In order to fend off bankruptcy, the struggling Bankstown Community College, which has 14 students, two staff and mounting debts, is selling the building which has been its home for more than 20 years.
When It's A Dundeel swept past the winning post to claim the $4 million Queen Elizabeth Stakes – the richest race ever run on a Sydney track – the owners, who included John Messara and broadcaster Alan Jones, were jubilant.
John Messara's perceived power in the racing industry is such that a string of prominent industry figures have declined to be quoted.
Despite splashing out half a billion dollars on property acquisitions last year, one of the nation's largest privately owned development companies, Dyldam, is claiming it is too cash-strapped to pay money to the widow of one of its four owners.
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