The Latest Breaking News from David Chandler

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 · Jul 27

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

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11

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 · Jul 2

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

Deal suggested by NSW building commissioner comes after residents were forced to evacuate in 2019

The Guardian - AU · Jan 6, 2024

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

Builders are 'walking away', Neil Petherbridge says.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 19, 2023

'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?''

Newcastle Herald · Jul 11, 2023

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 · May 16, 2023

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.

ABC News · May 5, 2023

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.

ABC News · Apr 19, 2023

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.

Space · Apr 12, 2023