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‘Shame is the punishment’: as Icac delves into the shadowy Reformers, ‘whales’ are coming to the surface

The corruption watchdog is looking into allegations about Catholic conservative Liberals – but others are getting caught up in the hearings

The Guardian - AU

How the ‘Braveheart’ tribe of young Liberals descended from the Hills only to have their kilts lifted by Icac

Icac is investigating whether the NSW Liberals sub-faction took illegal donations and broke electoral funding laws

The Guardian - AU

Icac hits paydirt as Reformers’ ‘shit sheets’ are given a very public airing

Dirt files are always damaging – not least those originating in the secretive rightwing Reformers sub-faction of the party

The Guardian - AU

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Young Liberal power brokers created ‘shit sheet’ on NSW minister accusing him of extramarital affair

David Elliott denies having affair after document revealed during Icac hearing into corruption allegations

The Guardian - AU

‘Shake down Angus’: Taylor named as potential donor to NSW Liberal ‘Reformers’ being investigated by Icac

Federal opposition leader, who is not accused of wrongdoing, says he won’t provide ‘running commentary on matters before commission’

The Guardian - AU

Secret tape recordings and ‘sham’ payments: the Liberals’ internal ideological war laid bare

The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has begun a public inquiry into allegations of branch stacking, illegal donations and interference with preselections

The Guardian - AU

The Hills were alive with a NSW Liberal factional war – now the corruption watchdog is sniffing around

Thanks to two hearings involving serious allegations of corrupt conduct in 2022 involving political operatives in Sydney’s Hills district, the party now faces an existential crisis

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Political lobbyists, NSW Liberals and a fugitive developer are facing corruption allegations. Here’s what you need to know

Anti-corruption body examining allegations Liberal figures accepted donations to recruit members and also received money from fugitive Toplace developer Jean Nassif

The Guardian - AU

Fugitive developer and former premier's brothers probed

Shadowy political donations allegedly involving a controversial property developer on the run and brothers of a former premier are being probed by a watchdog.

AAP

Concerns a Sydney apartment complex is at risk of collapse downplayed by NSW watchdog and planning minister

Building commissioner says he is confident defects at 900-apartment complex in Macquarie Park ‘will be rectified’, while minister says faults don’t pose a risk

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A proposal for a crumbling Sydney tower could free unit owners from debt – but leave others ‘effectively destitute’

A government-supported deal to let Mascot Towers owners walk away from their losses is also expected to return vastly less than the original purchase price

The Guardian - AU

Sale proposal could end Mascot Towers saga

The owners of a defective Sydney apartment building have received a proposal to sell their homes and clear their strata debt.

AAP

Unit owners in Sydney’s Mascot Towers offered chance to wipe debts years after defects found

The Guardian - AU

'No chance': Hunter property chair's blunt assessment of housing targets

Builders are 'walking away', Neil Petherbridge says.

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'Horrendous': building commissioner slams Newcastle work sites

'I saw young children sitting on the scaffolding... I said to him 'what sort of moron are you?''

ABC News

Premier announces new building commission to regulate NSW construction industry

The New South Wales government has fulfilled an election campaign promise to set up a building commission to oversee the construction industry.

ABC News

Hemisphere Constructions has building licence cancelled after partial collapse of Condell Park house

Three people had a "lucky escape" from a six-to-12-month-old home at Condell Park in the early hours of Good Friday when one corner of the house above the garage collapsed.

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Builder of Sydney house that partially collapsed was reported over safety breaches at another site a day before incident

New South Wales building commissioner David Chandler reported a building site over safety concerns only a day before a completed home it had built collapsed on Good Friday.

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Newfound asteroid is a long-term 'quasi-moon' of Earth

A newfound asteroid called 2023 FW13 has been Earth's companion for centuries, astronomers say.

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Meet the Nassifs: the Sydney property developer, a Lamborghini and a daughter on bail

A multimillion-dollar apartment complex found to have building defects is also now the centre of a police investigation

ABC News

Proposals by NSW major parties to fix Mascot Towers saga do not go far enough, owners say

NSW Liberals and the opposition pledge to help residents of the defect-plagued building, but for owner Rachael Williams it has taken too long and she is calling on the government to "fix what you've created".

AAP

New promise for Mascot Towers owners after 'nightmare'

Owners of apartments in Sydney's ill-fated Mascot Towers will be given low-interest loans to repair the defect-plagued building if Labor wins the NSW election.

Los Angeles Times

Several Torrance police officers linked to racist text scandal no longer employed by city

LOS ANGELES — Several Torrance police officers linked to a racist text messaging scandal — including two who shot and killed a Black man in a controversial 2018 incident — are no longer employed by the troubled law enforcement agency, records show.

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Dominic Perrottet alerted about concerns over minister months before her sacking

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet admits to knowing about the bullying accusations against then-minister Eleni Petinos months before she was sacked.

AAP

Sacked NSW minister Petinos had issues

The secretary of the NSW Department of Customer Service was aware of issues with the former minister's behaviour within months of her promotion to cabinet.

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