May
Musk pushes Grok AI on US government, raising ethics issues
Elon Musk is using his privately owned AI bot to scoop up information from US government emails and data.
Mongolia accuses Rio Tinto of bribery in explosive secret lawsuit
The toxic relationship between the mining giant and officials in Ulaanbaatar has been revealed in new allegations filed with the British High Court.
‘Jihadists in suits’: Trump backers uneasy with $600m Qatari gift
The offer of a refitted Boeing 747-8 known as the “palace in the sky” has done something rare in the Republican Party – united moderates and MAGA hardliners.
Trump’s kleptocracy grows as he tours Middle East
Congress is not even pretending to provide oversight on the president’s conflicts of interest. And federal ethics rules now seem little more than decoration.
April
Former CFMEU leaders plead guilty to corruption
The former heads of the union’s NSW branch have admitted to taking thousands of dollars in bribes from an employer in return for preferential union treatment.
March
CFMEU is still Building Bad nine months later
New reports of criminal activity underline how inadequate the measures taken have been to stamp out illegal CFMEU-linked behaviour.
59 dead as fire rips through packed nightclub in North Macedonia
The tragedy focused national attention on corruption in the small Balkan country as authorities detained 15 people.
February
Anti-corruption commission backflips on robo-debt probe
A review by former High Court justice Geoffrey Nettle says investigations should take place into six people referred over the illegal welfare debt scheme.
Ex-CFMEU officials delay corruption case until after High Court ruling
Despite expectations that he would enter a plea, ousted union boss Darren Greenfield has secured another delay in the four-year bribery case.
January
How boxing’s ‘Mr Kremlin’ controls the sport
The IBA failed in its bid to upset competition in Paris, but its president, Russian power broker Umar Kremlev, has Olympic insiders worried about the future of the sport.
December 2024
McKinsey pays $190m to resolve probes into South Africa bribes
The firm participated in a years-long scheme to bribe government officials in South Africa, according to US officials.
November 2024
Adani bribery case could disappear with Trump presidency
The US prosecution of the Indian billionaire has wide economic and diplomatic implications.
Corruption commission boss ‘got balance wrong’ on robo-debt decision
Commissioner Paul Brereton rejected suggestions there was widespread disquiet in the community about further scrutiny of the robo-debt scheme.
Adani charged in US over ‘massive’ bribery scheme
Prosecutors accused the Indian billionaire and others of lying to investors and offering millions in kickbacks to land lucrative renewable energy contracts.
October 2024
Corruption chief ‘engaged in misconduct’ on stopping robo-debt probe
Anti-corruption chief Paul Brereton should have excused himself completely from decisions involving a former military colleague and robo-debt chief Kathryn Campbell.
Malaysia PM says he welcomes Najib’s 1MDB apology
Anwar Ibrahim said while his stance on 1MDB was well known, it was not fair to single out one person for the goings-on in the sovereign wealth fund.
Singapore demands luxury sellers do more after laundering fiasco
The city-state is seeking to turn the page on its biggest money laundering scandal and address concerns it is attracting illicit wealth.
September 2024
How a love of luxury may bring down New York’s mayor
Eric Adams was elected partly on the strength of his origin story, a narrative that shrouded questions of his character, judgment and associates.
Anti-corruption commission clears former ASIC deputy Karen Chester
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has sought to protect against unfair reputation damage, clearing former ASIC deputy chairman Karen Chester of corrupt behaviour
June 2024
Anti-corruption commission robo-debt call to be investigated
Gail Furness, SC, the independent inspector tasked with holding the NACC accountable, on Thursday said the decision came after nearly 900 individual complaints.