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October

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has emphatically denied seeking flight upgrades from Qantas.

Inside Qantas’ revolving door with Parliament House

The flight upgrade saga engulfing politics this week has shone a light on the grey areas in which political staffers, lobbyists and government regulations executives operate.

  • Ronald Mizen
Peter Dutton says his office asked to use Gina Rinehart’s private plane.

Dutton admits soliciting free ride on Rinehart’s jet, backs McKenzie

The opposition leader says his office asked to use the mining magnate’s private jet and supports the changing tunes of his transport spokeswoman.

  • Ronald Mizen
Shadow Transport Minister Bridget McKenzie.

Bridget McKenzie launches flight upgrade inquiry – into herself

Senator McKenzie said she had only received one Qantas upgrade but is now reviewing her travel history after the AFR asked about specific flights.

  • Ronald Mizen
Richard White’s personal life didn’t matter to investors … until it did.

Over a $90,000 dispute, Richard White’s down $3b and counting

At what point did WiseTech investors start counting the founder’s libido as a contingent liability?

  • Myriam Robin
Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the McLaren MCL38 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore last month.

Singapore to charge billionaire Ong for scandal over ex-minister

Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng worked with the disgraced former minister S. Iswaran to bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to the city state.

  • Low De Wei
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July

Workplace Minister Tony Burke addressing the media on Wednesday.

‘Not a threat, it’s very real’: CFMEU retaliation tactics in focus

Victorian firms strong-armed into signing enterprise bargaining agreements say they are too afraid of speaking out against the CFMEU for fear of reprisals.

  • Ronald Mizen

April

Brittany Higgins outside the Federal Court in Sydney last November, with partner David Sharaz, left, and lawyer Leon Zwier.

Higgins must accept there was no cover-up: Reynolds

Senator Linda Reynolds will proceed with her defamation lawsuit unless Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz accept Federal Court findings there was no cover-up of rape.

  • Ronald Mizen
Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann “was hell-bent on having sex” with Brittany Higgins and went to great lengths to orchestrate a situation that allowed that outcome.

A rape, a cover-up narrative and a political firestorm

“Tonight, claims of rape, roadblocks to a police investigation, and a young woman forced to choose between her career and the pursuit of justice”. That is how Ten introduced its interview with Brittany Higgins.

  • Ronald Mizen
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Liberal senator Linda Reynolds was vindicated by the defamation judgment.

Higgins, Sharaz should settle with ‘vindicated’ Reynolds: Dutton

The opposition leader says Brittany Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz should settle the senator’s defamation actions against them and issue a “full apology”.

  • Ronald Mizen

February

Barnaby Joyce in parliament on Monday.

Joyce an embarrassment like Les Patterson: Labor MP

Labor MP Tania Lawrence likens Barnaby Joyce to Sir Les Patterson and suggests he reconsider his position an MP.

  • Phillip Coorey and Cindy Yin

November 2022

Andrew Wilkie at Parliament on Monday.

Anglo, Peabody, Glencore targeted in fake-coal claims

Some coal giants have rejected allegations of forcing labs to manipulate the results of tests on coal.

  • Liam Walsh

October 2022

A new book recounts shocking behaviour by McKinsey including its role in the US opioid crisis.

The scandals and hypocrisy behind McKinsey’s sterling reputation

A new book shatters the luminous image that has long been attached to the consulting giant.

  • Michael Bobelian

July 2022

Blake Lemoine

Google sacks engineer who claimed its AI was conscious

The company, which denies that its chatbot language model is sentient, had placed Blake Lemoine on paid leave in June.

  • Nico Grant

Wirecard forged client details to secure $1.3b SoftBank investment

Details of the deception show the lengths to which Wirecard went to secure investment from the Japanese investment conglomerate.

  • Olaf Storbeck, Robert Smith and Dan McCrum

May 2022

The cost of exploration drilling in Ecuador has been overstated.

SolGold’s new broom finds historic funds ‘misappropriation’

Millions of dollars were allegedly misappropriated over the past five years within the ranks of BHP and Newcrest’s Ecuadorian copper punt.

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  • Peter Ker
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January 2022

Boris and Carrie Johnson.

Boris Johnson’s wife drawn into ‘partygate’ scandal

Boris Johnson’s troubles have deepened amid revelations his wife was photographed breaking COVID-19 social distancing rules days after public warnings.

  • Edward Malnick
Could ‘partygate’ be the final straw for Boris Johnson?

Cavalier and malevolent: The real Boris Johnson

The scandal surrounding the UK Prime Minister’s staff holding parties while the rest of Britain was in lockdown should prove fatal for his premiership.

  • Camilla Cavendish
Boris Johnson’s behaviour may be catching up with him.

For Boris Johnson, the party really may be over this time

Even if the British Prime Minister can get past the immediate crisis it is hard to see how he can recover his authority and popularity.

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  • Robert Shrimsley

December 2021

 Richard Hayes left the Perth Mint early after questions were over cost blowouts.

Richard Hayes leaves Perth Mint after $100m tech blowout

Mint director John Collins, former chief of the WA Treasury Corporation, is temporarily acting as CEO.

  • Jessica Sier

July 2021

Juan Carlos is being sued by a former lover.

Ex-lover sues Spain’s former king over ‘unlawful surveillance’

Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has accused the former monarch of harassment ‘from 2012 until the present time’, including threats and defamation, and ‘unlawful covert and overt surveillance’.

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  • Daniel Dombey

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