RSL vice-president stands down, issues demand to colleagues over expense scandal
Peter Stephenson has become the first member of the scandal-plagued state council to bow to pressure and stand aside.
Heath Aston is a federal political correspondent. Most recently Heath was the state political editor for the Sun-Herald. Before joining the NSW press gallery he worked for newspapers in Sydney and London.
Peter Stephenson has become the first member of the scandal-plagued state council to bow to pressure and stand aside.
Police officers from the NSW fraud squad have attended the Sydney headquarters of the RSL as the leadership crisis at the venerated organisation descended to a new low, with RSL chief executive Glenn Kolomeitz saying he did not know whether he still had a job.
Nine directors have been formally accused of working against the interests of members by engaging in a cover-up.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could wait until Wednesday to reveal the shape of his rejigged cabinet as he weighs up whether to return the post of cabinet secretary to an unelected member of the government.
For the first time more Australians support decriminalising the use of marijuana than those who back retaining its classification as an illicit drug, a survey conducted over three decades has found.
Internal tensions within the Greens have boiled over, with members of the hard left of the party grouped around NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon forming their own faction dedicated to the "fight to bring about the end of capitalism".
The RSL has widened the scope of investigations into alleged financial misconduct that flourished for years in the league's NSW leadership.
A retiree in locked in a "Monty Pythonesque" legal stand-off with the Turnbull Government over use of the Medicare logo has prevailed after the government apologised and abandoned its threats to sue him over copyright.
Police called in after the NSW government intervened in the growing scandal.
Former NSW president withdrew more than $200,000 in cash on his RSL credit card and was quietly forced to resign over expenses, rather than health reasons as claimed.
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