State Parliament
Eddie Obeid bailed over COVID fears minutes after being sentenced to three years’ jail
Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, and Ian Macdonald all received jail sentences on Thursday but Eddie Obeid received bail amid concerns over him contracting COVID.
- by Kate McClymont
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Berejiklian inquiry day four as it happened: Chris Hanger tells ICAC Wagga Wagga gun club appeared to be priority for former NSW premier
The ICAC’s public hearing starts at 9.30am on Thursday. The inquiry is hearing from a NSW bureaucrat today, with Trade and Industry Minister Stuart Ayres slated to appear on Friday.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
NSW parents to get $250 vouchers as a homeschooling thank you
Parents of school-aged children will be given a $250 thank you gift from the NSW government.
- by Alexandra Smith and Tom Rabe
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Inside ICAC: What the Berejiklian inquiry has revealed so far
Today on Please Explain, legal affairs reporter Michaela Whitbourn joins Nathanael Cooper to bring us up to speed on what’s happened so far at the ICAC.
- by Nathanael Cooper
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Dominic Perrottet
Perrottet lobbied by religious leaders over modern slavery laws
The NSW government has been accused of watering down modern slavery legislation, with new Premier Dominic Perrottet now being lobbied by a host of religious leaders to ensure the landmark reforms are delivered in full.
- by Tom Rabe
Opinion
Political leadership
From assisted dying to unassisted high-wire act: Perrottet risks losing vital independents’ support
Gladys Berejiklian knew how critical crossbench MPs were to the stability of her government. Dominic Perrottet may be about to find out.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW to fund RNA pilot facility to develop drugs and vaccines
An Australian-first facility in NSW will include laboratories and pre-clinical trial spaces to enable early stage RNA-based drug development.
- by Alexandra Smith
Analysis
Berejiklian inquiry
‘Devastated’ Baird’s evidence builds case against Berejiklian
Her former mentor has helped put another brick in the wall of ICAC’s case against Gladys Berejiklian.
- by Deborah Snow
Berejiklian inquiry day three as it happened: Mike Baird tells ICAC former NSW premier should have disclosed relationship with Daryl Maguire
The ICAC’s public hearing starts at 10am on Wednesday. The corruption watchdog will hear today from former NSW Premier Mike Baird and his former chief of strategy, Nigel Blunden.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Secret Berejiklian-Maguire relationship was ‘quite shocking’, ex-staffer tells ICAC
“I literally spat my water out,” the ex-political staffer said, upon learning last year about the secret five-year relationship between Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire.
- by Lucy Cormack
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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