Barry O'Farrell

Scott Morrison’s Icac claims are ‘absolute rubbish’, say transparency experts

Legal figures say it is ‘ridiculous’ for the PM to call the NSW corruption commission a ‘kangaroo court’ that has led to too many politicians resigning

Paul Karp

22, Apr, 2022 @6:16 AM

‘Disowned’: family says pleas for help ignored as Australian man dies of Covid-19 in India

Daughter of 59-year-old criticises consular officials’ response and says her mother has been abandoned by her own government

Elias Visontay with wires

08, May, 2021 @5:44 AM

Australia Day honours list: Jane Turner and Campbell Newman among 2020 recipients

Teen LGBTQ activist Georgie Stone is the youngest to be honoured alongside war veterans’ advocate Colin Hamley, 97

Naaman Zhou

25, Jan, 2020 @11:00 AM

The premier, the shock-jock, and the dogs: Baird lands awkwardly after his backflip | Richard Ackland

When Mike Baird did a U-turn on greyhounds, maybe he had a permanent loop from Alan Jones running in his brain, saying that he was wrong, wrong, wrong

Richard Ackland

14, Oct, 2016 @8:00 PM

Quiz: how well do you know Australian political scandals?

Sam Dastyari is not the first politician to fall on his sword after a blunder, take our quiz to see how well you know Australia’s political controversies

Bridie Jabour

09, Sep, 2016 @10:00 PM

Liberal party announces panel to review poor election performance

Andrew Robb, Barry O’Farrell and Richard Alston among those appointed to look into disastrous campaign amid internal recriminations over strategy

Katharine Murphy Political editor

02, Sep, 2016 @9:28 AM

The rise and rise of Barangaroo: how a monster development on Sydney harbour just kept on getting bigger

Its critics have called it ‘contemptuous’ and a ‘shocking breach of the public’s trust’. But who cares what the critics say when you have a former prime minister, a billionaire and some helpful tweaks to the law on your side? Bridie Jabour unpicks a quintessentially Sydney story

Bridie Jabour

30, Sep, 2015 @4:07 AM

Icac powers to be limited after Margaret Cunneen case, Mike Baird announces

New South Wales premier adopts recommendations of review into corruption watchdog and says its powers will be limited to ‘serious corrupt conduct’

Bridie Jabour

11, Aug, 2015 @3:03 AM

New South Wales reimagined: resize the state by the statistics that matter

See how the state shapes up by different statistics with this interactive map

12, Mar, 2015 @4:12 AM

Guardian Australia’s awards of the year: winners (and losers) of 2014

Bill Shorten added linguistic zing, Redfoo didn’t. The Bachelor kept a straight face, while Sam Burgess bashed his into putty. Abbott did his bit for humanity, via the coal industry, while Hockey took off his smoking jacket long enough to think about the poor. We give you those who shone, or otherwise, in 2014

Oliver Milman

18, Dec, 2014 @11:33 PM