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The ICAC is investigating a blow-out in spending on contractors under former building unit head Anthony Manning (front).

A new boss, his buddies and a $2.6 billion cash splash: Inside the ICAC probe into School Infrastructure

The ICAC is investigating a unit that insiders say “pushed the boundaries” when it came to department rules.

  • Michael McGowan and Lucy Carroll

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Former NSW Education Department Secretary Mark Scott leaving ICAC on Monday.

The one question that wasn’t asked before schools boss was hired

Former education secretary Mark Scott conceded in hindsight he should have questioned a “falling out” between Anthony Manning, the subject of an ICAC inquiry, and his former boss during the hiring process.

  • Michael McGowan
Circular Quay skyline

Circular Quay should be Sydney’s crown jewel. Instead, $170m has been spent on nothing

For all the ideas, plans, reports, artists’ impressions, concepts and competitions, nothing ever seems to get done to transform Circular Quay.

  • The Herald's View
Tony Mestrov ran Greyhound Racing NSW for five years.

The plot to close tracks that ‘would have started World War III’

Former Greyhound Racing NSW chief Tony Mestrov has lifted the lid on political pressure he says was placed on the code.

  • Chris Barrett
Former NSW premier Mike Baird says Cricket Australia’s communication with the game’s fans can improve.

‘We can’t tell people what to do’: Cricket boss on Australia Day, summer chaos and Warner

Former NSW premier Mike Baird says Cricket Australia can’t tell the public “how to respond or act” on issues such as the date of Australia Day.

  • Daniel Brettig
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China’s renewables push puts Australia on the spot

Ross Gittins is spot on when he suggests that China would enjoy usurping the US in the move to renewables.

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From left: Former Coalition premiers Dominic Perrottet and Mike Baird, with Premier Chris Minns and Transport Minister Jo Haylen at Barangaroo metro station on Saturday.

‘Something else on’: Berejiklian a no-show as former premiers celebrate metro

Just five days after its historic opening, the Sydney metro has hit 1 million rides, but one invitee couldn’t attend the party.

  • Linda Morris and Michaela Whitbourn
Mike Baird at the SCG on Sunday.

NSW Libs take legal action to fix bungled local government nominations

The party failed to nominate many of its candidates in time – but it now claims the NSW Electoral Commission was at fault and it will go to court to prove it.

  • Max Maddison
Flashback: Crowds flocked to the MCG for Boxing Day five years ago.

Boxing Day Test to be locked in at the MCG until 2031

Melbourne’s Boxing Day Test will be locked in for the next seven years, with Australia and England to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in March 2027, as part of a complex web of deals between Cricket Australia and governments.

  • Daniel Brettig and Kieran Rooney
Penny was put down last week after eating contaminated meat

Calls for racing ban ignore the realities

Greyhound racing has its problems. Those are well known, publicised and understood. But so does every industry, community, profession and so forth. Problems don’t mean cancellation. Problems mean a search for and implementation of solutions. That’s what adults do in the face of adversity.

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