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Witness Martin Berry (left) arrives at the Independent Commission Against Corruption after lunch on Friday.

School building boss asked staff to ‘chase’ friend over tender scheme

In December 2017 Anthony Manning told Martin Berry that a department contractor had been “chasing you for me” but was “not aware of our connection”. 

  • Michael McGowan

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Michael Palassis, executive director at Paxon consulting firm arrives at ICAC on Thursday.

Unravelling top schools unit’s network of consultants and 1400 contingent workers

On Thursday, the ICAC heard evidence from Michael Palassis, head of consulting firm Paxon Group, which was awarded a lucrative contract with School Infrastructure when the agency was first set up.

  • Lucy Carroll
Anthony Courtman at ICAC

Schools unit contractor was paid $2.4m with no formal job description

While Anthony Courtman worked for School Infrastructure, he was also engaged by a consultancy company that billed the agency for his work.

  • Lucy Carroll
Stuart Suthern-Brunt (centre) outside the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing on Tuesday.

‘No secrets in there’: The photos and the files at centre of ICAC inquiry

A former contractor to the NSW schools building unit has conceded to a corruption watchdog he should have deleted files he downloaded before going on to tender for a lucrative contract with the agency.

  • Christopher Harris
Stuart Suthern-Brunt arrives at the ICAC

Inside the ‘clown show’: ICAC grills school unit’s $2800-a-day executive

The former boss of the NSW school building unit approved a cycling friend’s $2800-a-day job without declaring a conflict of interest, the watchdog has heard.

  • Lucy Carroll
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Friend of schools boss worked on $600,000 contract before it was approved, ICAC hears

On Friday the ICAC heard from Martin Berry, whose company, Heathwest, earned more than $3 million during Anthony Manning’s time as the state’s school infrastructure boss.

  • Michael McGowan
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Former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning.

‘It was dodgy’: ICAC told of concerns over multimillion-dollar schools contract

An education official says she warned top executives in School Infrastructure about a contract, and that “the whole process was wrong”, but that she got the brush-off.

  • Lucy Carroll
Former Schools Infrastructure NSW chief executive officer Anthony Manning is the subject of an ICAC investigation.

Schools boss paid friend $100,000 for two months’ work, ICAC hears

ICAC’s investigation into former School Infrastructure NSW boss Anthony Manning heard he had a “command and control” management style that led to hiring rules being broken.

  • Michael McGowan
Dr Erin Giuliani gives evidence to the ICAC on Tuesday.

Multimillion-dollar schools contract steered to ‘communications fairy godmother’, ICAC hears

The corruption inquiry also heard a private contractor was paid $1.65 million over the three years that he worked for School Infrastructure NSW.

  • Lucy Carroll
Lily Wong, Anthony Manning

Top school infrastructure adviser was paid almost $2000 a day, ICAC told

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has heard a contractor was allowed to set her own rate of pay.

  • Lucy Carroll

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