June
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.
- Ronald Mizen
Anti-corruption commission rules out robo-debt inquiry
Former Coalition government ministers and senior public servants have avoided another investigation into the illegal welfare payment recovery scheme.
- Tom McIlroy
May
Trump asked oil CEOs for $1.5b donations in exchange for favours
The former president demanded $US1 billion in donations to get re-elected and offered to overturn environmental rules and policies to help the oil industry.
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- Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow
Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse
The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.
- Michelle Chapman
April
Downer EDI employees, council workers ‘seriously corrupt’, ICAC finds
Two former employees of Downer EDI were corrupt on transport projects and the company did not always comply with rules dealing with subcontractors, investigators found.
- Jenny Wiggins
Judge tells Trump lawyer he is ‘losing all credibility’
Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on witnesses in his criminal case have been labelled a deliberate violation of the judge’s gag order.
- Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan
Disclose lobbyist meetings and federal minister’s diaries: NSW ICAC
The policy intervention from the state corruption watchdog comes ahead of its appearance at a Senate Inquiry on Monday probing access to Parliament House by lobbyists.
- Ronald Mizen
Trafigura admits founder Dauphin approved bribes
Trafigura last week became the latest of the world’s largest commodity traders to admit to paying bribes to win business.
- Jack Farchy
March
Corruption body first as bribe charges laid against airport worker
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has claimed a milestone with charges laid against a former Western Sydney Airport employee.
- Michael Pelly
Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste dies in South Africa
A police statement, which did not identify the former executive by name, said the cause of death was a fatal gunshot wound to the head.
- Janice Kew
US probes Gautam Adani and group over potential bribery
Investigators are digging into whether an Adani entity, or people linked to the company, paid officials in India for favourable treatment on an energy project.
- Tom Schoenberg and Ava Benny-Morrison
February
Maguire a ‘special kind of pest’ who had a hold over Berejiklian
The former premier’s secret relationship with the disgraced regional MP dominated proceedings in the second day of her attempt to appeal corruption findings.
- Samantha Hutchinson
‘Arrogance and chumocracy’: Britain is becoming a corrupt state
In one generation, Britain has lost its status as one of the most trusted jurisdictions in the world.
- Will Dunn
January
Worley devoting ‘extensive resources’ to corruption allegations
Worley has until February 7 to respond to a US court claim filed by Ecuador that alleges it paid “improper benefits” to state-owned companies.
- Jenny Wiggins
‘Kinky Boots’ and soccer: Singapore’s growing graft scandal
The transport minister, who was arrested in July, resigned over the corruption scandal that has challenged Singapore’s reputation for clean governance.
- Low De Wei, Faris Mokhtar and Philip Heijmans
Corruption claims ‘not material’, Worley tells ASX
The global engineering group did not disclose an arbitration decision that found it wilfully ignored the corruption of an Ecuadorian subcontractor.
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- Jenny Wiggins
Worley CEO fights to restore engineering group’s ‘integrity’
The engineering group’s global boss, Chris Ashton, is holding meetings with investors, analysts and customers to try to assure them the company is “not corrupt”.
- Jenny Wiggins
Worley denies Ecuador corruption allegations, but shares slide
The South American country claims the engineering group “engaged in corruption and bad faith” in securing contracts with its national oil corporation.
- Jenny Wiggins
December 2023
US House votes for Biden impeachment inquiry
Republicans seeking evidence linking the President to his son’s business dealings have voted to open an impeachment inquiry, raising tensions before the US election.
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- Matthew Cranston
November 2023
Former Leighton executive David Savage appears in Sydney court
David Savage has returned from his French chateau to attend court hearings in Sydney as prosecutors try to prove they have enough evidence to bring a criminal case to trial.
- Jenny Wiggins