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They claim they didn’t know the rules. So why go to such absurd lengths to hide the cash?

They claim they didn’t know the rules. So why go to such absurd lengths to hide the cash?

Is ignorance an excuse? There are several reasons emerging at the ICAC’s Liberal Party corruption inquiry about why that doesn’t quite stack up.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption left an unexploded political bomb on the doorstep of the federal opposition leader. Despite his...

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WA Today

Bevan Shields

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption left an unexploded political bomb on the doorstep of the federal opposition leader. Despite his...

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

Bevan Shields

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption left an unexploded political bomb on the doorstep of the federal opposition leader. Despite his...

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption left an unexploded political bomb on the doorstep of the federal opposition leader. Despite his...

yesterday 10

The Age

Bevan Shields

Catholic schools rort was a ‘running joke’. You won’t hear parents or taxpayers laughing

Catholic schools rort was a ‘running joke’. You won’t hear parents or taxpayers laughing

It might all be a joke to entitled, jumped-up infants like Dylan Whitelaw. But the use of taxpayer funding is a serious matter.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

A red vest, gold watch, and $165k secret: The elderly millionaire who funded a Liberal takeover

A red vest, gold watch, and $165k secret: The elderly millionaire who funded a Liberal takeover

As if his situation before ICAC isn’t bad enough, the 83-year-old Michael O’Hara has stage-four cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Cashed-up and cock-a-hoop, there’s one big winner from the NRL deal (and it’s not Kayo subscribers)

The mammoth $5.3 billion, seven-year agreement has serious ramifications for the code, its players and fans.

07.07.2026 20

WA Today

Bevan Shields

Cashed-up and cock-a-hoop, there’s one big winner from the NRL deal (and it’s not Kayo subscribers)

The mammoth $5.3 billion, seven-year agreement has serious ramifications for the code, its players and fans.

07.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Cashed-up and cock-a-hoop, there’s one big winner from the NRL deal (and it’s not Kayo subscribers)

The mammoth $5.3 billion, seven-year agreement has serious ramifications for the code, its players and fans.

07.07.2026 20

The Age

Bevan Shields

Cashed-up and cock-a-hoop, there’s one big winner from the NRL deal (and it’s not Kayo subscribers)

The mammoth $5.3 billion, seven-year agreement has serious ramifications for the code, its players and fans.

07.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

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The worst-kept secret in Sydney politics just became an electoral nightmare

ICAC deep-dives have a habit of ensnaring unexpected victims. If you don’t believe me, just ask disgraced former premier Gladys Berejiklian.

02.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

Karl Stefanovic has espoused the virtues of free speech and the airing of different perspectives. Few would disagree. But it is hard to swallow such a...

26.06.2026 30

WA Today

Bevan Shields

Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

Karl Stefanovic has espoused the virtues of free speech and the airing of different perspectives. Few would disagree. But it is hard to swallow such a...

26.06.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

Karl Stefanovic has espoused the virtues of free speech and the airing of different perspectives. Few would disagree. But it is hard to swallow such a...

26.06.2026 30

The Age

Bevan Shields

Tone-deaf Stefanovic has the hide to bag the network that made him a star and paid him millions

Karl Stefanovic has espoused the virtues of free speech and the airing of different perspectives. Few would disagree. But it is hard to swallow such a...

26.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Bevan Shields

The 440 times sacked council boss Gail Connolly ‘couldn’t recall’ during her ‘Spanish Inquisition’

Allegations of jobs for mates and retribution for perceived enemies have offered jaw-dropping insight for all ratepayers in NSW, not just those in...

17.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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‘This is not about whether people like or hate Peter’: Inside the audacious idea of V’landys ruling the NRL

The next few months of the NRL chairman’s life will be dictated by three key numbers: 16, two, and $4 billion.

30.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Peter V’landys says the NRL needs ‘Superman and Jesus’ as CEO. That person will be Peter V’landys

The resignation of NRL chief executive officer Andrew Abdo on Monday represents Peter V’landys’ golden ticket.

25.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 30

The Age

Bevan Shields

Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 30

WA Today

Bevan Shields

Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

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Rare bright spot in an area dogged by lobbying and political backflips

An exemption that allowed hundreds of pubs and clubs to extend gaming between 4am and 10am has been clawed back by the Minns government.

25.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The winners and losers in brutal battle for Sydney radio supremacy

The Sydney radio market, where kings and queens are crowned – or decapitated – with astonishing speed, is undergoing a seismic shift.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

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The chilling story we’ve thrown everything at covering

I believe it is the media’s job to call out white supremacists and make sure the public knows how serious the threat is.

14.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Sorry, but I struggle to get outraged about Trump’s White House renos

There has been more outrage over the demolition of a boring building than there has been over the US president’s musings about a third term.

31.10.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields