April 2022
How China pervades our politics now
Coercion and competition from China are driving bigger and stronger government in Australia, and the debate over how the deficits are ultimately to be paid for.
Billionaire Lee bought $2.7b in chips at The Star, inquiry hears
Phillip Dong Fang Lee purchased $2.72 billion through The Star Entertainment’s flagship casino in Sydney over 15 years, an inquiry into the gambling company’s conduct has heard.
March 2022
Billionaire Huang bought $1.7b in chips at Star, inquiry hears
The casino did not ask its head of financial crimes investigations to look into the source of his wealth, or why he was using multiple passports with different identities.
Star witness fights ATO disclosure order after $272m tax bill
Phillip Dong Fang Lee described how Star Casino gave him $5 million credit, but he doesn’t want to talk to the tax man.
December 2021
Chinese billionaire’s assets frozen in $140m fight with ATO
The High Court has restored a worldwide freezing order over the assets of political donor Huang Xiangmo.
October 2021
The Star executives to face public grilling
The Star’s executives will be grilled in public hearings in March over allegations of money laundering and infiltration by organised crime figures.
Nearly $1b wiped off Star as regulator widens probe
The regulator said a private inquiry into Star would have the same consequences as the Bergin probe into Crown Resorts if it identified major issues.
December 2020
Red faces over suspicious transactions
A leading figure in the Law Council’s campaign to scuttle new anti-money-laundering rules was unaware his firm acted for disgraced Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo.
Bakehouse sale: who pays for $11m secret fee?
A Hong Kong company has taken a half share of Yuhu's Bakehouse Quarter, but what did it pay for?
May 2020
Huang Xiangmo buys out deputy mayor's firm
Simon Zhou's family trust company cuts links with Yuhu's Pymble office centre.
February 2020
Did Conroy's hawkishness cruel Sargon's chances?
Stephen Conroy is a China hawk, and the board member of a company with state-owned Chinese creditors. Go figure.
January 2020
Yuhu's quick, quiet tower sale leaves millions on the table
Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo is facing a battle with the ATO after selling another property.
December 2019
Huang Xiangmo's $65m gambling spree
Casino documents were the final revelation in an inquiry that has done more than any other to help us understand how China's Communist Party operates in Australia through conduits like Huang Xiangmo.
Huang Xiangmo's big night of gambling
The $100,000 allegedly donated to the NSW Labor Party by Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo was withdrawn from his account at Sydney’s Star casino after an evening of heavy gambling.
Ex-Labor MP had 'alcoholic blackout' at fundraiser
A former NSW Labor MP says he can't remember to whom he gave a bag of donation forms and possibly cash after a fundraising dinner at the centre of an anti- corruption inquiry because he had an "alcoholic blackout".
ICAC hears Huang was conduit for China's Communist Party
The disgraced billionaire offered to pay for a state dinner and sought to have Victoria sign an agreement with a Chinese province.
ICAC told former ALP boss used Crown Casino private jet
Jamie Clements accompanied disgraced billionaire Huang Xiangmo on a trip to Melbourne.
ICAC mystery donor is behind fraud case against defector
The case the Chinese government is using to discredit defector Wang Liqiang throws new scrutiny on alleged meetings between Huang Xiangmo and Wang's spy boss.
Greens push to extend anti-money laundering laws
They want real estate agents, lawyers and accountants to be compelled to report suspicious transactions, and accuse the main parties of going soft on criminals.
November 2019
ICAC links Simon Zhou to mystery $50,000 donation
Questions were raised last month about the 2016 donation during an inquiry by the Independent Commission Against Corruption.