Inside Operation Rosny

• Opinion

How does Liberal plotting and branch-stacking fit into God’s plan?

That may not be the question for the ICAC, but it’s one that many of us are asking.

• Malcolm Knox

Sham invoices, kickbacks and sickies: ICAC witness spent work time on branch stacking

Reformers founder Robert Assaf says he was “young and immature” and did not understand political donation laws.

• Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney

• Exclusive

Liberal frontbencher captured on ICAC wiretap tipping off Reformers

Chris Rath was captured tipping off at least one of the members of the NSW Reformers about the whereabouts of process servers hired to track them down ahead of a parliamentary inquiry.

• Michael McGowan and Bevan Shields

• Analysis

Losing patience with ‘Mr Ten Per Cent’ and his selective memory

Robert Assaf admitted to submitting fake invoices during a corruption hearing on Friday – but blamed his “dodgy” former friend.

• Kate McClymont

• Analysis

The self-styled Braveheart crusader now accused of branch stacking

Liberal Party operative Robert Assaf spent an uncomfortable day in the witness box of a wide-ranging probe into illegal donations.

• Kate McClymont

• Analysis

They claim they didn’t know the rules. So why go to such absurd lengths to hide the cash?

Is ignorance an excuse? There are several reasons emerging at the ICAC’s Liberal Party corruption inquiry about why that doesn’t quite stack up.

• Bevan Shields

• Updated

Jean-Claude Perrottet deserved payment for branch stacking, ICAC hears

Reformers founder Robert Assaf has told a NSW corruption hearing that many right-wing Liberals were prepared to support his group, including now federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.

• Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney

• Exclusive

Dark arts and dirty tricks: How the ghosts of ICACs past haunt Libs

The mention of former MP Chris Spence in the ICAC’s Liberal donations inquiry, Operation Rosny, brought back some bad memories for many in the party.

• Kate McClymont

• Opinion

Sloane ad-libs her ICAC response. Why not promise to root out bad eggs?

“Honestly,” the Liberal leader said, “I’m learning about it as everyone else is.” Still, she could announce zero tolerance for corruption.

• Michael McGowan

• Analysis

Key ICAC witness and explosive texts could be kryptonite for Angus Taylor

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption left an unexploded political bomb on the doorstep of the federal opposition leader. Despite his attempts to defuse it, there may still be peril lurking for Taylor.

• Bevan Shields

• Updated

Liberal activist spent most of his work time plotting to stack branches

Former Catholic Schools NSW staffer Robert Assaf will be the key witness at the ICAC on Thursday.

• Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney

• Analysis

Memory failure, shakedowns and the ICAC trap: Liberal staffer’s long day in the box

Dylan Whitelaw kept his cool as counsel assisting questioned his knowledge of contractor payments.

• Kate McClymont

Angus Taylor embroiled in donation claims as ICAC airs secret messages

The federal opposition leader has not denied making donations to a religious faction of the NSW Liberals, which a former staffer was questioned about at ICAC.

• Alexandra Smith, Jessica McSweeney and Kate McClymont

• Analysis

Catholic schools rort was a ‘running joke’. You won’t hear parents or taxpayers laughing

It might all be a joke to entitled, jumped-up infants like Dylan Whitelaw. But the use of taxpayer funding is a serious matter.

• Bevan Shields

• Editorial

Latest investigation proves the ICAC’s worth

The state’s corruption watchdog is proving its value with its latest blockbuster inquiry into Liberal personalities’ links with a fugitive businessman.

• The Herald's View

‘Not to be messed with’: ICAC’s formidable ‘lady barrister’ is about to become a household name

Former High Court judge Michael Kirby knew he had found someone special when Dr Peggy Dwyer SC walked through his door.

• Bevan Shields

• Analysis

A red vest, gold watch, and $165k secret: The elderly millionaire who funded a Liberal takeover

As if his situation before ICAC isn’t bad enough, the 83-year-old Michael O’Hara has stage-four cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy.

• Bevan Shields

Secret $2m deals, phone taps and ‘filthy money’: Explosive claims aired at ICAC

The corruption watchdog has outlined the lengths disgraced developer Jean Nassif took to win over Liberal Party powerbrokers.

• Alexandra Smith and Jessica McSweeney

The Godfather, filthy money and overseas hideouts: Inside ICAC’s political thriller

The first day of Operation Rosny revealed code names, alleged sham payments, nasty threats and the use of private investigators.

• Kate McClymont

• Exclusive

Five Liberal MPs supported a factional deal. Now it’s at the centre of a corruption probe

As ICAC’s inquiry into fugitive property developer Jean Nassif’s links to Liberal Party powerbrokers begins, MPs are concerned about the impact of the fallout.

• Michael McGowan

• Exclusive

The former opposition leader, the alleged branch stacking and the silent nuns

When former NSW Liberal powerbroker Christian Ellis moved to Deniliquin, an order of silent nuns seemed the ideal candidate to be party members.

• Alexandra Smith and Kate McClymont

• Exclusive

Revealed: First witnesses to front sensational corruption investigation

Publican Michael O’Hara, consultant Robert Assaf and surprise witness Dylan Whitelaw will be the first to appear in ICAC’s Operation Rosny.

• Kate McClymont and Alexandra Smith

• Exclusive

‘I was impersonated’: NSW Police investigate source of dirt sheet linking ALP figures to ICAC inquiry

Chris Saravinovski, the 23-year-old Bayside councillor, says he has spoken to police about an email purporting to be sent by him. 

• Alexandra Smith and Christopher Harris

• Exclusive

Corruption probe puts Catholic schools’ spending of public money in spotlight

Education funding experts say state and federal governments must investigate whether Catholic schools spent public money for political purposes.

• Alexandra Smith and Christopher Harris

• Exclusive

ICAC probes invoice links between Catholic schools and hard-right Liberal operatives

The ICAC is examining whether Catholic Schools NSW had a secret agreement to hire Liberal Party-linked contractors.

• Bevan Shields, Kate McClymont and Michael McGowan

• Exclusive

‘Malicious campaign of whispers’: ICAC target launches legal action against political enemy

Sharangan Maheswaran is facing allegations of trying to blackmail a former mayor, but the former ALP councillor says he has been the victim of lies.

• Alexandra Smith and Kate McClymont

• Exclusive

Private eyes, shakedowns and Godfather IV: The council allegations at the heart of ICAC inquiry

The actions of Strathfield councillors, their attempts to manipulate others, and their connections to fugitive developer Jean Nassif are one strand of a forthcoming investigation by ICAC.

• Kate McClymont and Alexandra Smith

• Exclusive

Reclusive businessman named by ICAC steps down from a dozen companies

Lawyer and hotelier Michael O’Hara is under investigation in relation to alleged clandestine political donations.

• Ben Cubby

• Exclusive

‘Christian values’: The godly mission to control the NSW Liberals that drew ICAC’s attention

A series of events boasting high-profile Liberals including Catholic schools boss Dallas McInerney formed a key plank of a plot by the hard right to take out factional enemies.

• Michael McGowan

One red-hot tip has kept the rumour mill swirling for years. It could land senior Liberals in jail

Three years ago, the Independent Commission Against Corruption began to dig into the explosive allegations.

• Bevan Shields

• Updated

Liberal elder Damien Tudehope quits frontbench pending ICAC inquiry

NSW Liberal leader Kellie Sloane has suffered her first political scalp in the looming ICAC hearing.

• Alexandra Smith

• Analysis

The worst-kept secret in Sydney politics just became an electoral nightmare

ICAC deep-dives have a habit of ensnaring unexpected victims. If you don’t believe me, just ask disgraced former premier Gladys Berejiklian.

• Bevan Shields

Former Liberal minister says Angus Taylor should quit over ally’s links to corruption probe

The federal opposition leader has been criticised by a former NSW minister over his links to a Liberal Party powerbroker.

• Alexandra Smith, Kate McClymont, Christopher Harris and Jessica McSweeney