Labor's nightmare without end

Linton Besser 'I said that in my CE,'' Ian Macdonald politely reminded Peter Braham, SC, on Thursday. The abbreviation is shorthand used among Independent Commission Against Corruption staff for ''compulsory...

Tweed treasures: waiting list to look at Olley's 'clutter'

Lance Richardson A storage facility filled with cardboard boxes hardly seems like a thrilling prospect for art aficionados, but one such store in Tweed Valley is proving so attractive there is now a waiting list to...

Nuclear waste on the move in clean-up

Heath Aston Radioactive waste and parts of Australia's oldest nuclear reactor will be trucked out of Sydney under plans to clean up the Lucas Heights nuclear facility and develop a national hazardous-waste dump...

Obeid denies meeting Chinese investor over coal deal

Linton Besser Former Labor kingmaker Eddie Obeid has said his family would be vindicated, as he denied meeting a Chinese businessman who wanted to buy the family's farm to mine coal.

Aggrieved officers doubt ability to handle so many alleged offences

Neil Mercer Seven months after he was asked to investigate the alleged illegal bugging of hundreds of NSW police, NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour is asking serving and former officers and members of the public to...

IVF parents lose $10m wrongful birth case, hit with legal costs

Paul Bibby The parents of a severely disabled boy have lost a $10 million case against an IVF specialist who failed to properly warn them of the likelihood their son would inherit a blood-clotting condition,...

The bland and the beautiful: battle for a public treasure

Rick Feneley, Sean Nicholls On a Sunday in early October 10 years ago, the then premier Bob Carr took to the stage of the Sydney Town Hall to drop a bombshell.

Memo reveals Maitland had plan to drum up support for training mine

Linton Besser An internal memo to the board of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service from 2007 showed former union boss turned multimillionaire John Maitland had formed a ''strategy'' to generate political support...

The Star launches exclusivity bid to kill Packer casino

Sean Nicholls The owner of the Star has launched a counter attack to James Packer's bid to build a casino at Barangaroo, pitching a plan to the NSW government that would effectively scupper Mr Packer's proposal.

Poll finds majority of electorate wants fewer councils

Leesha McKenny Voters are marginally in favour of fewer councils, a new poll shows, just weeks before another report expected to reinforce the case for some areas to amalgamate.

Morning Express: Wednesday, March 13

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Now Reeves may face a manslaughter charge

Stephanie Gardiner FORMER gynaecologist Graeme Reeves, whose jail sentence was increased by 18 months on Thursday, faces the prospect of a manslaughter charge after fresh claims his negligence cost a new mother her...

Internet wife's claims for $30,000 are dismissed

Harriet Alexander HER court application might have been doomed to fail, but nobody could fault the enterprising spirit of one internet bride. Except possibly her estranged husband.

Crook accusation a fantasy, Macdonald tells ICAC

Kate McClymont ''It's fantasy!'' Ian Macdonald said in response to the accusation that he was a ''crook'' who had rigged a government coal tender for the benefit of his then parliamentary colleague Eddie Obeid.

Angry Obeid under fire

Kate McClymont THE public demand to catch a glimpse of the former strongman of the ALP Eddie Obeid was so great that people brought camp stools to sit on as they queued for two hours before the star witness swore...

Kazal challenges ICAC over corruption finding

Paul Bibby Powerful Sydney businessman Charif Kazal has taken the Independent Commission Against Corruption to court in a bid to overturn its finding that he engaged in corrupt conduct.

Businessman's handwritten promise to give minister a $4 million coal dividend

Linton Besser, Kate McClymont THE disgraced former resources minister Ian Macdonald stood to make as much as $4.6 million in kickbacks from deals between his mates and the departments he ran, according to sensational evidence...

MP wields people power in fight against airport at Badgerys Creek

Jacob Saulwick, David Wroe ANOTHER airport in Sydney's west would worsen air pollution, traffic congestion and quality of life in the area, according to a backbench MP.

Terrorism fears lead to changed behaviour

Amy Corderoy NSW residents are alert and alarmed about the prospect of a terrorist attack, with some avoiding public places and transport out of fear.