Failures at Manston asylum centre linked to decisions at Number 10, inquiry hears
KC says Number 10 ‘clearly did play a decisionmaking role’ in pausing sending small boat arrivals on to hotels which led to terrible overcrowdingA cat...
Liberal operative was offered $1,000 to get media to cover ‘grubby rumour’ minister was having affair, Icac hears
Sharangan Maheswaran says his bid for story on unsubstantiated rumour about then-Liberal minister David Elliott was ‘not a serious offer’Follow our Au...
Jesse Baird ‘petrified’ of Beau Lamarre-Condon and kept repeating ‘he has a gun’, court hears
Friend sobs in witness box and tells Sydney murder trial Baird was scared to go to the police Jesse Baird was “petrified” of Beau Lamarre-Condon becau...
Suspect in ‘Putney pusher’ case was found dead after missing family meal, inquest hears
Brother-in-law went to check on Nicholas Brandram at his home and found him unresponsive, coroner saysThe man who was arrested on suspicion of being t...
Private investigator surveilled Liberal minister and supplied Jean Nassif with recording devices, Icac hears
Shane de Kauwe tells corruption inquiry he was instructed by Toplace laywer Sharangan Maheswaran to investigate minister David ElliottFollow our Austr...
‘Oh shit’: Labor councillor who attended 2021 Liberal fundraiser was worried about potential Icac inquiry, Icac hears
Texts reveal Sharangan Maheswaran had ‘an explanation ready’ but was worried about picture taken with premier prompted by ‘dumb’ Christian EllisFollow...
Beau Lamarre-Condon developed ‘obsession’ with Jesse Baird before fatal double shooting, court hears
The 31-year-old former police officer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder as his trial begins in Sydney’s supreme courtA former police offi...
‘I was being polite’: prominent athlete continued texting Alan Jones after alleged assaults due to his reputation, trial hears
Witness tells court he sent Jones friendly messages after two alleged assaults because he had been generous to himListen to the podcast Alan Jones on ...
Karl Stefanovic to buy out podcast partner Keshnee Ibrahim after ‘irreconcilable breakdown’, court hears
Stefanovic agrees to purchase shares from joint owner of 123 Podcast with fledgling show on hiatus since August after Tommy Robinson interviewFormer T...
Sydney mayor allegedly threatened and children secretly recorded after he refused to step down, Icac hears
Corruption inquiry turns its investigation to allegations Strathfield councillors may have engaged in blackmail or illegal surveillanceFollow our Aust...
Alan Jones told prominent athlete ‘I would like to be kissing you all night’ after alleged assault, trial hears
Alleged victim tells court he froze and was ‘in disbelief’ after broadcaster kissed him on corner of his lips at public eventA prominent athlete froze...
Liberal operative denies he invented pink paper record of agreement with fugitive developer, Icac hears
Jeremy Greenwood tells inquiry note contained agreement with Jean Nassif as counsel assisting says ‘threads of your story pull apart very quickly’A Li...
Mother flagged faulty smoke alarms before house fire that killed father and five children, court hears
Pre-inquest conference into Queensland deaths hears witnesses did not hear any smoke alarms during 2023 fireGet our breaking news email, free app or d...
Ban on neo-Nazi White Australia party is ‘authoritarian’ and breaches constitution, high court hears
Lawyers also argue commonwealth does not have the power to ban a political party, as the high court ruled in 1951 over attempt to ban the Communist pa...
Liberal operatives discussed whether to buy Porsche or Ferrari with developer’s payments, Icac hears
Rightwing NSW powerbrokers are alleged to have received illegal political donations from fugitive developerFollow our Australia news live blog for lat...
Charles Perrottet denies asking brother as premier to appoint cabinet minister, Icac hears
Charles says claims by developer Jean Nassif in an intercepted phone call that ‘we’re reshuffling the government’ did not reflect promises allegedly m...
Molly Ticehurst’s killer called woman he’d met on Tinder after stabbing and said ‘I’m sorry I murdered her’, court hears
Daniel Billings said ‘I did what I did’ in call from friend’s house after 2024 domestic violence murderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest...
Ray Hadley used homophobic slur against Alan Jones after 2GB withdrew offer of $4m breakfast radio gig, court hears
Hadley is giving evidence in trial of former 2GB rival Jones, 85, who has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching charges Broadc...
Charles Perrottet told fugitive developer plan at Nobu dinner to have NSW MP ‘on his knees’, Icac hears
Liberal party figure tells inquiry he never asked Jean Nassif ‘for payments for political outcomes’ as lawyer tells him she is ‘gobsmacked’ by his ‘ob...
NSW top prosecutor Sally Dowling and state attorney general discussed which barristers could review her office, estimates hears
Sally Dowling tells budget estimates that Michael Daley called to tell her he was appointing a senior counsel and ‘raised quite a number of names’Foll...
Teen boy allegedly messaged two others to join ‘degrading’ and ‘humiliating’ Sydney gang rape, court hears
Two 17-year-olds accused of subjecting teenage girl to hours-long sexual assault granted bailTwo boys allegedly invited to join a “degrading” and “hum...
‘We execute the prick’: Charles Perrottet plotted downfall of NSW Liberal minister, Icac hears
Brother of former state premier sent message regarding plan to damage political career of then-police minister David ElliottFollow our Australia news ...
Broadcaster Jenni Murray died days after north London car crash, inquest hears
Coroner is told BBC veteran was dazzled by headlights before collision and her injuries led to bronchopneumoniaThe broadcaster Jenni Murray died days ...
Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears
Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’Get our bre...
