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2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business

Block on NSW gold mine rejected by federal court

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2026-10-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

The stink, the septic system and the $6m question: Inside Albanese’s Marrickville mess

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2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

Commissioner’s SCG briefing, police miscommunications in spotlight at Town Hall protest inquiry

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2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business

Minns’ $6.8 billion election promise for key passenger train line

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2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health

‘Russian roulette’: NSW emergency department visits surge amid dangerous peptide fad

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2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Nassif’s Toplace paid $134,000 for surveillance of Strathfield mayor

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2026-09-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A Liberal lobbyist who allegedly received a share in a $2 million bribe from developer Jean Nassif says he and his business partner often talked about fancy cars, and their discussions about buying a Porsche or Ferrari had nothing to do with large payments they expected to receive. assertive

2026-09-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 That was compared to a single mother who rented and caught the bus, who might get $1500 a year. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Homebush real estate agent Mohammad Abedin has claimed the former mayor of Strathfield Matthew Blackmore did not seem particularly distressed after a flyer outlining a host of negative allegations about him was planted on his car. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Today we’ll hear evidence from real estate agent Mohammad Abedin, who was a colleague of former mayor Matthew Blackmore. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “We have something that will kill Elliott,” Greenwood texted Maheswaran in 2020. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The self-described Godfather grabbed the headlines in an action-packed week at the inquiry that began with a blackmail claim aired by a former mayor of Strathfield, took a sharp turn into Nassif’s Lebanese bedroom, then back to Strathfield where a key figure in the inquiry – former councillor Sharangan Maheswaran – made his first appearance. mixed

2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The investigator said he had a few different listening devices, including devices that look like a pen or a “small square” that resembles a type of tag you would keep on a keychain. assertive

2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Eggs on toast” and “a regular soy cap” were among the few audible things a private investigator secretly recorded while on a covert operation targeting the then-mayor of Strathfield at Deli Fresh cafe in December 2022. mixed

2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Sharangan Maheswaran, Nassif’s one-time lawyer and a former Labor councillor, offered the payment to lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood if he could convince a reporter to write a damaging story about Elliott having an affair. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 - Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran offered government relations consultant Jeremy Greenwood $1000 if he could convince a journalist to publish a story about the MP David Elliott supposedly breaching COVID restrictions with a mystery woman. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The day’s evidence could best be described as “mooshed”, a word the witness appeared to use for “muddled into a confused mess”. assertive

2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Mookhey told Maheswaran he would not raise the concerns about Chandler in budget estimates, and they should instead be reported to the ICAC. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Did you fix the testicle?” was the blackmailers’ code for the 2004 coup against the Strathfield mayor, Alfred Tsang. mixed

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A private investigator invoiced Jean Nassif’s development company $134,000 for surveillance of the former Strathfield mayor, with then-Labor councillor Sharangan Maheswaran convincing Toplace to pay the bill. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 In a letter to Ellis the next day, an ICAC investigator reiterated the arrangements they could make to facilitate his evidence. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Plibersek’s statement of reasons for the declaration said she “could not be assured that the NSW legislative framework as it currently stands can adequately protect the specified area”. assertive

2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 What makes the unapproved peptide craze so dangerous is that there is no way of knowing which chemicals the vials contain, or what side-effects could come with it. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Counsel assisting Kirsten Edwards, SC, said the Sydney Cricket Ground briefing would form part of the evidence before the LECC about the preparation for what was predicted to be a heated protest. mixed

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 But the documents show the bill was larger – $7790.50 – and reveal public servants said they were only told that alcohol would be served at the event. assertive

2026-10-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 About $6.8 billion will be funnelled into removing bottlenecks on the passenger train line from Sydney to the South Coast and electrifying it all the way to Bomaderry as part of a re-election pledge by the Minns Labor government. assertive

2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Doubts are mounting over how many people will participate in the first stage of NSW’s controversial gun buyback scheme as confusion lingers over which shooters qualify for exemptions to the caps. assertive

2026-10-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A nationwide review of biosecurity measures will target the imported red fire ant incursion in Sydney’s inner west after revelations the location of the nest was only required to be checked every three years. assertive

2026-10-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Sources close to the golf club familiar with the negotiations, speaking on the condition of anonymity so they could talk freely, told this masthead the club first went to the prime minister’s office seeking help after a redistribution moved it from the electorate of Barton to his seat of Grayndler before the last election. assertive