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Explore the full list of recipients in every category for this year’s honours.

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Kings Birthday Honours 2026

A former premier, veteran broadcaster and Sydney bridge custodian honoured in King’s awards

From politicians to everyday heroes, nearly 1000 Australians have been recognised in this year’s honours.

  • Megan Gorrey
Graphics showing the extent of small floods (1 in 5 chance of happening every year) to the biggest flood possible (less than 0.1% chance of happening in an 80-year lifetime).

The government warned homes on this floodplain would ‘put lives at risk’. Then, it approved 960 of them

A scaled-back version of a proposal previously rejected by the state government has been placed on public exhibition after lobbying by a former premier’s firm.

  • Max Maddison
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Pondering the other Prince Edward

And who says there’s no free lunch?

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The second self of Morris is far from minor

In fact, he’s the premier breed.

Former NSW premier Morris Iemma (centre), Planning Minister Paul Scully (left) and Premier Chris Minns.

‘Not necessarily particularly strange’: What the premier has to say about undisclosed meeting with lobbyist

Chris Minns defends an undisclosed meeting with Morris Iemma, saying “we are all well aware that he works as a lobbyist”.

  • Max Maddison
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Former NSW Premier Morris Iemma is an influential Labor Party figure. He also regularly lobbies senior figures in the Minns government on behalf of his property developer clients.

From leader to lobbyist: How Morris Iemma opens doors for Sydney property developers

Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by the Herald reveal the frequent access the former premier has enjoyed to senior figures in the Minns government.

  • Michael McGowan
A render of the 11,000-home Moore Point development proposed by Coronation Property across the Georges River from Liverpool.

Barangaroo mark two? Mini-city of 11,000 homes a step closer to Sydney suburbs

Coronation Property wrote to the premier threatening to walk away from this mega-project. Last week the government agreed to take the next step.

  • Michael Koziol
The Minns government has yet to accept the overhaul of lobbying regulation recommended by the ICAC.

ICAC wants to know if Labor will reform lobbying. Its letters went unanswered for months

Seventeen months into its first term, the Minns government has yet to accept key recommendations from the corruption watchdog.

  • Patrick Begley
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen and NSW’s new transport secretary Josh Murray.

Minns government appointment has shades of an earlier scandal

State Labor appears to have learnt nothing from the train wreck of John Barilaro’s (aborted) appointment last year to a cushy trade role in New York.

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