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Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie has rejected Pauline Hanson’s claim that changes to his state’s electoral laws two decades ago were designed to target her.

‘Simply wrong’: former Queensland premier says Hanson was not jailed in a ‘witch hunt’

The One Nation leader on Thursday accused Beattie and Liberal Party president Tony Abbott of orchestrating a “political witch hunt” that led to her 11-week imprisonment.

  • Rob Harris

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The national takeover of the problem-plagued Health Workers Union could continue for another year.

Scandal-plagued union in fresh fight for control

Leaders of the Health Workers Union are at loggerheads over when the branch should be returned to the hands of members after its former boss was forced out.

  • Kieran Rooney
The Melbourne Demons are eyeing a potential move to Caulfield Racecourse.

Caulfield told to seal Dees deal on racecourse relocation

A month after Melbourne sacked its chief executive, its plan to move to Caulfield appears to be back on track, with a key state government minister intervening in the negotiations.

  • Bridget McArthur and Kieran Rooney
Gail Connolly arrives at the ICAC on Thursday.

The quick and quiet cracks as Connolly takes the stand at ICAC

Before her tears, the former Parramatta Council boss appeared steely rather than brittle. She arrived flanked by a legal team conspicuous for their flashes of pink.

  • Michael Ruffles
Premier Jacinta Allan is under renewed pressure over the handling of the Big Build.

‘A pox on all of them’: Former IBAC chief slams major parties over integrity

Former IBAC commissioners Stephen O’Bryan and Robert Redlich have been calling for greater powers since the early years of the anti-corruption agency. They remain frustrated by the lack of political action.

  • Chip Le Grand
Western United thanking fans after the A-League men’s semi-final match against Melbourne City in 2025 – one of the last times they played.

Control of A-League club stripped from businessman alleged to have stolen millions from Scott Pendlebury

The A-League club is now in receivership as creditors fight for control from its co-director Jason Sourasis, the controversial ex-manager of Pies star Scott Pendlebury.

  • Bridget McArthur and Kieran Rooney
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Graham Richardson, pictured also with his daughter Kate, at the NSW Labor conference in 1994.

Graham Richardson’s final vanishing act: A penniless estate

His daughter has spoken about the Labor kingmaker’s fractured family and how the only remaining assets in his estate included a Lexus and two mysterious wedding rings.

  • Harriet Alexander
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allen.

CFMEU scandal ‘semantics’ further proof of zero-tolerance furphy

The idea that the state government has no tolerance for corruption is being demolished by a torrent of reporting.

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Former Border Force official George Andreopoulos.

Coffee shop leaks, ‘swapsies’ and ‘corrupt conduct’: Report lifts lid on Border Force scandal

A National Anti-Corruption Commission report has unmasked an elite Border Force boss who leaked tobacco secrets.

  • Nick McKenzie
Premier Jacinta Allan described the latest controversy to plague the Big Build as “deeply distressing”.

‘Too much to hide’: Wilson unleashes on Allan over new Big Build scandal

Premier Jacinta Allan said she was disgusted by revelations about the leading supplier of female workers on the state’s major projects as the opposition pressed for a royal commission.

  • Kieran Rooney and Chip Le Grand