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I’m a big defender of the ICAC. But the watchdog did itself no favours allowing this circus

I’m a big defender of the ICAC. But the watchdog did itself no favours allowing this circus

The anti-corruption agency failed to challenge an explosive exchange about a cabinet reshuffle that can easily be disputed with a basic fact.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

He’s never been called an idiot. But did this Liberal Party operative outsmart himself?

By mixing business with political pleasure Dallas McInerney has found himself in the spotlight, rather than the shadows where he prefers to operate.

18.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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ICAC targets brazen rendezvous at Double Bay pub

ICAC targets brazen rendezvous at Double Bay pub

CCTV from the Oaks encounter shows two ICAC targets placing their phones two metres away from the table they were seated at.

13.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The $2m ‘bribe’, contact codename and London flight: Inside the world of the ICAC’s mystery man

As corruption investigators put the finishing touches on a four-year probe, Jeremy Greenwood flew to the other side of the world.

11.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Jean-Claude Perrottet was eyeing the exit. Then came the tapes

Tapped phone calls should serve as a reminder to the public – and politicians seeking to undermine ICAC’s work – about the grave nature of its...

07.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Leaks, lies and Liberals: The closing minutes of Damien Tudehope’s ICAC evidence were a disaster

Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane surely won’t want one of the Liberal Party’s faceless men showing his face any time soon.

05.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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.

30.07.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields

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...

29.07.2026 20

WA Today

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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...

29.07.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Bevan Shields

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...

29.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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...

29.07.2026 30

The Age

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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.

28.07.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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.

28.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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 30

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 30

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 40

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 30

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 40

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 50

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 50

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 40

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 50

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 50

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 50

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.

19.03.2026 90

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 40

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 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bevan Shields