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Euthanasia
‘What has happened behind the scenes?’: Assisted dying vote delayed until 2022
Gavin Pattullo,whose wife Venessa took her life in 2018 after a 14-year battle with leukemia, said he feared that delays would mean “more people will suffer”.
- by Alexandra Smith
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Berejiklian wanted grant request for Maguire’s electorate accelerated, inquiry told
Former NSW treasurer Gladys Berejiklian wanted a multimillion-dollar grant request for her boyfriend’s electorate accelerated and planned to back the proposal before it was presented to the government’s expenditure committee, a corruption inquiry has heard.
- by Lucy Cormack
Berejiklian inquiry as it happened: Paul Doorn tells ICAC former NSW premier’s relationship with Daryl Maguire would have been a ‘red flag’
The ICAC’s public hearing starts at 10am on Tuesday. The corruption watchdog is expected to hear from former NSW Premier Mike Baird and Trade and Industry Minister Stuart Ayres this week.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Opinion
Political donations
Give MPs the freedom to opt out of political donations
Most politicians would welcome an opportunity to withdraw from fundraising activities.
- by Jonathan O’Dea
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Domestic violence
NSW makes its biggest investment in tackling domestic violence
The NSW government will almost double the number of women’s shelters across the state.
- by Alexandra Smith
Analysis
Berejiklian inquiry
ICAC’s case takes shape as key questions of the inquiry are laid out
Gladys Berejiklian has always insisted she acted with the highest level of integrity. Monday shows us the beginning of where ICAC is headed on this.
- by Deborah Snow
‘Why spend the money on this?’ Bureaucrat tells ICAC of concerns about gun club grant
A NSW bureaucrat has told a corruption inquiry it would have been critical to know then-treasurer Gladys Berejiklian was in a relationship with disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire at the time she was advocating for a multimillion-dollar grant in his electorate in 2016.
- by Lucy Cormack
Berejiklian denies holding suspicions former boyfriend was allegedly corrupt
The former NSW premier told a secret ICAC examination that she didn’t know what to think” when allegations of corrupt conduct were first levelled at her former boyfriend Daryl Maguire in 2018.
- by Lucy Cormack
Berejiklian inquiry day one as it happened: Michael Toohey tells ICAC former NSW premier’s relationship with Daryl Maguire a ‘conflict of interest’
ICAC’s public hearings start at 10am on Monday. The corruption watchdog is expected to hear from former NSW Premier Mike Baird and Trade Minister Stuart Ayres this week.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Opinion
Berejiklian inquiry
Integrity in politics: Not too much to ask
Voters are tiring of politicians circumventing rules when it comes to the use, and misuse, of public money. That’s why we need the ICAC.
- by Sandy Killick
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Courts
Waterhouse family business launches court action over airport land zoning
Racing dynasty’s business mounts challenge against NSW Planning Minister over zoning decisions for site embroiled in ICAC investigation into Daryl Maguire.
- by Carrie Fellner