Armidale
The developer, the $100k gift and the 'highly effective' MP
Kate McClymont Former NSW politician Richard Torbay received one of the largest personal donations ever recorded months after organising a successful meeting between then planning minister Tony Kelly and Cameron...
Man accused of bribe attempt backed Torbay to push out Windsor
Sean Nicholls, Kate McClymont Richard Torbay's failed campaign to topple the federal independent MP Tony Windsor was being backed by a wealthy Tamworth businessman once accused of trying to bribe Mr Windsor to leave politics.
'He could charm the knickers off a nun'
Kate McClymont As the mystery surrounding the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Richard Torbay deepens, a Herald investigation has uncovered links between Mr Torbay and his associates and a number of Centrelink...
City kids get reality check in bush boarding schools
Amy McNeilage City children used to be sent to boarding schools in the country for a good straightening out. But rural boarding schools say they now increasingly welcome students from suburban Sydney, as parents...
The MP, the jail visit and the dole deals
Kate McClymont The detectives at Armidale police station could not believe what they were hearing. Late on Friday night of June 29, 2007, they had arrested one of Armidale's richest men, property developer Phillip...
Revealed: 'Obeid's grand plan' for Torbay as premier
Kate McClymont Former News Ltd chief John Hartigan was sounded out about whether his media organisation would support a plan to install Richard Torbay as NSW premier.
Revealed: Torbay's close links to Obeid
Kate McClymont, Sean Nicholls Dumped Nationals' candidate Richard Torbay has family and political links to the former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid and an extensive property portfolio, some of which does not appear on his...
Inquest resumes into police shooting of Elijah Holcombe
Rachel Olding A police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Elijah Holcombe believed the mentally ill young man had to be arrested.
ICAC officers search house of former MP Torbay
Kate McClymont Officers from the Independent Commission Against Corruption have executed a search warrant at the Armidale house of the recently resigned NSW MP Richard Torbay.
ICAC raids Torbay's home and office
Kate McClymont, Stephen Jeffery After a six-hour search of the Armidale home and electorate office of former state MP Richard Torbay, anti-corruption investigators left carrying brown bags, boxes and suitcases filled with files.
Tripodi 'in secret campaign to help Torbay's party plan'
Kate McClymont Controversial former Labor MP Joe Tripodi was involved in a secret campaign to help a group of independents associated with Richard Torbay at the past state election, a former associate claims.
The secret life of Richard Torbay
Kate McClymont High-profile popular former MP Richard Torbay went to great lengths to conceal certain aspects of his seemingly perfect life.
'It's a horrendous outcome of fairly silly behaviour': woman died after collision with police car
A woman died after a police officer who wasn't qualified to drive over the speed limit engaged in "silly behaviour" and collided with her car at high speed, a coroner has found.
Plan to explore for gas under 40% of state
Saffron Howden THE NSW Aboriginal Land Council has applied to explore for coal seam gas under 40 per cent of the state, sparking outrage from indigenous and non-indigenous people alike.
Man accused of decapitating teen's puppy
A man from northern NSW has been charged with animal cruelty after taking a teenager's puppy and decapitating it.
Officer who shot mentally ill man won't be charged
Rachel Olding and Lisa Davies A police officer who shot dead a mentally ill young man armed with a bread knife will not be charged, the Director of Public Prosecution has confirmed.
Grocery shopping led to my boy being jailed for consorting: mother
Stephen Jeffrey The first man to be jailed under the state government's new consorting laws was 'booked' for the offence while grocery shopping with a flatmate, his mother says.
Teacher sacked but not reported to police: Catholic principal failed sexually assaulted students
Linton Besser and Joanne McCarthy One of the state's most senior Catholic education officials failed to report the sexual assault of four of his students at a southern Sydney school in the late 1970s, a confidential internal...
Admission too limited to report to police, says priest
Leesha Mckenny, Bianca Hall ONE of the most senior clergymen in the Australian Catholic Church says it was not the church's responsibility to tell police about a priest who admitted to repeatedly sexually abusing five children...
