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An inquiry continues into Liverpool Council.

The 55-minute lunch, the ‘brazen signal’ and the council in chaos

Eddie Jackson lunched with Ned Mannoun before the 2021 local government elections. He didn’t think his potential sacking would be on the menu, an inquiry heard.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Former Liverpool Council chief executive John Ajaka arrives at the inquiry into dysfunction and maladministration at the council on Wednesday.

Ousted Sydney council CEO blindsided by shock dismissal, inquiry hears

John Ajaka’s contract was terminated weeks after he told Mayor Ned Mannoun to “shut the f--- up” in a meeting.

  • Megan Gorrey
Chief executive John Ajaka (right) was dismissed after a bitter falling out with Mayor Ned Mannoun (left).

‘You work for me’: Mayor allegedly urged council boss to sack ‘useless’ workers

Liverpool Council’s former chief executive John Ajaka has told an inquiry his relationship with Mayor Ned Mannoun deteriorated months before he was ousted.

  • Megan Gorrey
John Ajaka, who was president of the Legislative Council, quit parliament in March 2021. He took up the Liverpool job in December 2022.

Sydney council boss urged ‘creative accounting’ to find $25 million, inquiry told

Liverpool councillors ousted John Ajaka, a former state MP, last year after a spectacular falling out with Mayor Ned Mannoun.

  • Megan Gorrey
Western Sydney has had malls for more than 50 years.

Concerts, weddings and a famous fruit bowl: How shopping centres changed western Sydney

For decades, western Sydney’s shopping centres were the beating heart of our suburbs. As they enter a new era, there’s a fresh push to preserve their history.

  • Anthony Segaert
Liverpool City Council’s director of corporate services, Farooq Portelli, provides evidence at the inquiry on Thursday.

Farooq sacked a bankrupt council worker. Months later, he lost his job too

Tensions between the former Liverpool council boss and mayor Ned Mannoun were ratcheting up when he got wind he might be next in the firing line.

  • Megan Gorrey
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Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun.

‘He stood on the mayor’s foot’: How the Liverpool Council chaos turned physical

The inquiry was sparked by a report detailing serious allegations of dysfunction and maladministration at one of Sydney’s largest councils.

  • Megan Gorrey
Tegan Wagner, pictured in 2006, during the trial of the Pakistani gang rapist brothers.

‘Anonymity is not acceptable’: Gang rape survivor calls for alleged offenders to be unmasked

Tegan Wagner survived a gang rape in 2002. She says despite their age, the alleged teenage perpetrators of a recent attack in Sydney’s south-west should be identified.

  • Amber Schultz
Police footage shows the arrest of teenagers charged over an alleged aggravated sexual assault.

‘Absolutely shocking’: Teens filmed six-hour gang rape of Sydney girl, police allege

The 17-year-old’s Sunday afternoon shopping trip to a Sydney Westfield ended with an alleged gang rape by four teenagers, one aged only 14.

  • Josefine Ganko
Peter Dutton won’t say if Liberal candidate Vivek Singha should be dumped over offensive social media posts.Credit:

Liberal candidate’s offensive posts surface to ruffle feathers in Fowler

A controversy over social media comments regarding First Nations people has flared in the high-profile western Sydney seat.

  • Matt Wade

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