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Lachlan LeemingNSW Political Correspondent

Lachlan Leeming is The Australian’s NSW political reporter. He has previously been a federal political reporter for The Daily Telegraph, working out of the Canberra press gallery. Over his career he has covered politics, local government, natural disasters, crime and court, both in the UK and throughout regional Australia.

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13/11/25: NSW CFMEU Official Darren Greenfield at the District Court, John Maddison Tower. John Feder/The Australian.

Union pair await fate after guilty plea to corruption

A father-son duo that led NSW’s powerful construction union awaits their fate after admitting to pocketing $30,000 in secret payments.

Lachlan Leeming

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City of Sydney councillor Yvonne Weldon, left, opposes the project to build a new Town Hall square, bottom right; Lord Mayor Clover Moore, top right. Picture: Milan Scepanovic

Backlash over Clover’s $500m plan to create Town Hall square

Sydney Council’s half-billion-dollar plan to demolish CBD buildings for a new town square has been slammed as a vanity project that will strain the city’s finances.

Lachlan Leeming

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. JUNE 19, 2025. Joshua Lees on behalf of Palestine Action Group leaves Federal court in Sydney after running a constitutional challenge against the governmentÃs anti-protest laws. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

New laws to stop protesters near place of worship

Fresh legislation enabling police to move on protesters harassing or obstructing people attending places of worship in NSW will be introduced in the wake of successful PAG Supreme Court action.

Lachlan Leeming

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Nick Bunker, Environmental Health Director, Department of Health, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Management, Felix Ellis and Tasmania Police Assistant Commissioner Robert Blackwood at Police Headquarters in Hobart on Tuesday, November 11, 2025.

‘One of the worst’: States blast federal Labor’s tobacco policy

The NSW and Tasmanian governments have savaged Canberra over an ‘enormous public policy disaster’, as they announce new laws to target criminals selling illegal tobacco | TAKE THE POLL

Mohammad Alfares and Lachlan Leeming

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 9, 2024: President of the Republic of Nauru,ÃÂ His Excellency David Ranibok AdeangÃÂ and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Transparency please’: Opposition demands to know what Burke discussed with Nauru leader

Coalition frontbencher Jonno Duniam is asking what was discussed between Nauru President David Adeang and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke in Canberra today. Nauru has been given a $408m downpayment for taking former freed detainees.

James Dowling, Lachlan Leeming, Geoff Chambers, Thomas Henry and Elizabeth Pike

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The Daily Telegraph Monday 28 July 2025 Potts Hill A police storage warehouse containing tones of seized imports of illegal tobacco and vapes. Each box pictured is full of vapes or tobacco. Picture: Thomas Lisson

State goes ahead with laws to jail or fine landlords over illegal tobacco

Landlords who turn a blind eye to illegal tobacco and vape sales from their properties will face $165,000 fines or jail time under tough new NSW laws.

Lachlan Leeming

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APRIL 28, 2004 : Radio personality John Laws in 2UE's St Leonards studios in Sydney, 28/04/04, after alleging that Jones said he influenced Howard's appointment of Professor Flint to the ABA chair 28/04/04. Pic Erica Harrison. P/R p37///APRIL 28, 2004 : Radio personality John Laws in 2UE's St Leonards studios in Sydney, 28/04/04, after alleging that Jones said he influenced Howard's appointment of Professor Flint to the ABA chair 28/04/04. Pic Erica Harrison. P/R

Tributes fill the silence left by Laws the legend

Radio titan John Laws will receive a state funeral as tributes flow from celebrities and politicians for the broadcasting legend who died aged 90.

Lachlan Leeming

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Screengrab of the National Socialist Network Nazi group holding a rally outside NSW Parliament House this morning. Pic: Supplied.

Nazi rally fury fast-tracks new hate speech laws

A neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament, approved by police despite objections, has sparked urgent plans to ban Nazi slogans and fascist attire within weeks.

Lachlan Leeming

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CEO Master Builders Tasmania Matthew Pollock. Picture: Chris Kidd

Premier warned over ‘Victorianisation’ of construction industry

Industry leaders fear Victorian union’s growing control over NSW worker payments could siphon millions across the border from taxpayer-funded projects.

Lachlan Leeming

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The specific area of Blayney where a tailings dam was blocked by Tanya Plibersek under Indigenous heritage protection laws. Pictures: Rohan Kelly/Kathleen Skene/Martin Ollman

Government hides court evidence after secret heritage decision

Government lawyers will argue for the suppression of troves of evidence in a judicial review of the controversial decision to block the Blayney gold mine.

James Dowling and Lachlan Leeming

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