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Former Leighton executive David Savage heads back to court
He is expected to return to Australia from France this month to attend a court hearing in connection with a long-running bribery investigation.
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- Jenny Wiggins
October
Obeids, Macdonald jailed over $100m coal scheme
Twelve years after The Australian Financial Review revealed Eddie Obeid’s coal windfall, he faces at least another three years prison.
- Neil Chenoweth
Labor MP Anthony Byrne falls on sword after branch-stack admission
Anthony Byrne has resigned as the deputy chair of Parliament’s top national security committee amid blowback over his role in the Victorian branch-stacking saga.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor used taxpayer-funded office budget for campaign costs, commission hears
A former staffer told IBAC he had also received thousands of dollars in cash for a branch-stacking ‘kitty’, including $7000 from sitting federal MP Anthony Byrne.
- Hannah Wootton
Pressure builds on Albanese over branch-stacking MP
Amid rising speculation that Anthony Byrne might resign, the Opposition Leader says due process must be allowed to take place independent of political interference.
- Phillip Coorey
Taxpayer-funded staffer spent up to 80pc of time on Labor factional work
The revelation before Victoria’s corruption watchdog comes despite politicians’ use of electoral staff for such tasks risking breaking rules about misuse.
- Hannah Wootton
- Updated
- IBAC
Minister resigns amid claims of ‘entrenched’ branch stacking
Luke Donnellan admitted breaching Labor Party rules while a minister in Victoria but denies misusing public funds.
- Hannah Wootton
Andrews braces for IBAC double trouble
Victorian MPs are closing ranks behind Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews as he braces to be dragged into two separate independent corruption inquiries.
- Patrick Durkin
Proposed federal ICAC an ‘appallingly weak sham’, former judges say
The proposed commission may protect politicians from corruption investigations into scandals such as the sports rorts or commuter car parks sagas, QCs warn.
- Hannah Wootton and Phillip Coorey
September
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- Airports
Major failures by bureaucrats behind Western Sydney Airport land deal
A report sparked by the Leppington Triangle land purchase scandal has revealed “authoritarian” leadership and poor processes.
- Ronald Mizen and Tom McIlroy
August
Secret briefings reveal fears airport project could be ‘held captive’
Government documents reveal senior bureaucrats were worried development of the Western Sydney Airport could be ‘held captive’ by Leppington Pastoral Company.
- Ronald Mizen
July
Where did Ferdinand Marcos hide his $14b fortune?
Despite many accusations against the former Philippine president and a 35-year hunt to uncover his billions, the Marcoses are more popular now than in decades.
- Haley Gilliland
- Breaking
- CCC
Eddie Obeid found guilty of conspiracy over $30m NSW coal licence
Former NSW Resources Minister Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid were also found guilty after one of the longest running trials in NSW history.
- Angus Grigg
- Opinion
- Opinion
To help Haiti, stop trying to save it
Foreign aid and military interference have been destructive. Haitians should be left to their own initiative.
- Bret Stephens
May
‘No evidence of criminal activity’ in Leppington Triangle deal
Review also found public servants involved in the deal had limited experience in compulsory acquisitions, which resulted in weaknesses in the transaction.
- Ronald Mizen
April
- Exclusive
- Western Sydney International
AFP undertook Leppington Triangle raids
Federal Police conducted dawn raids on the Canberra home of a senior public servant as part of an investigation into possible corruption.
- Ronald Mizen
Top government investigator Vivienne Thom backs Integrity Commission
The government’s inquisitor-in-chief says the public needs to have confidence allegations of corruption will be dealt with appropriately.
- Ronald Mizen
March
Officials aided lobbying efforts of western Sydney land holders
Government officials aided the lobbying efforts of western Sydney land owners, the National Audit Office said, with closed-door meetings with land holders.
- Ronald Mizen
Sanctions reimposed on Israeli billionaire granted relief under Trump
Dan Gertler secured access to mining rights for decades through what the Treasury Department during the Trump administration called a series of corrupt deals.
- Eric Lipton
Cardno settles claims of bribery scandal quagmire
Two years after engineering outfit Cardno bought an Ecuadorian subsidiary in 2012, someone raised questions about payments to a contractor.
- Liam Walsh
