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Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner in May presenting findings from a report independently commissioned by council into a restoration of the Story Bridge.

Schrinner tests Story Bridge funding stand-up routine at LNP convention

The Brisbane Lord Mayor has invoked the story of the Trojan Horse in a tongue-in-cheek jab at Premier David Crisafulli in front of party faithful.

  • Matt Dennien

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Fugitive ICAC suspect Ibrahim Helmy counts $100 notes in a money machine.

‘Let’s count it’: The moment ICAC fugitive counts cash on camera revealed

An anti-corruption inquiry has been shown text messages in which two “co-conspirators” discussed how they could use the death of a colleague to their advantage.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Ibrahim Helmy (left) and Peter Le.

‘Gonna be a good year’: Transport officials express delight at contractor kickbacks

Text messages show officials also discussed how to “fudge the numbers” so favoured contractors would win work for which they would get kickbacks, an inquiry has heard.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The M12 motorway will provide a critical road link to the new international airport in Sydney’s outer west.

Opening nears for $2 billion motorway to Sydney’s new international airport

The 16-kilometre motorway will provide a critical link to the new Western Sydney Airport as well as connecting to the M7, which is being widened to three lanes.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Work on the final tunnels for the M6 motorway has ceased since March last year when sinkholes opened up.

Three-year delay to new Sydney motorway risks getting much longer

NSW Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison was grilled repeatedly on Tuesday about the extent of delays to the multibillion-dollar motorway project.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Ibrahim Helmy (left) and Peter Le.

Sacked Transport department official admits lying to ICAC about kickbacks

A public inquiry into kickbacks pocketed by Transport for NSW staff was shown phone messages and group chats dating as far back as 2018.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
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Former Transport for NSW procurements officer Peter Le appears at the ICAC inquiry on Thursday.

Phone messages reveal scheming between fugitive Transport manager and right-hand man

Phone messages shown to an inquiry into kickbacks have revealed the deliberate attempts to stop a contractor from receiving work from the Transport department.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Former Transport for NSW procurements officer Peter Le appears at the ICAC inquiry on Thursday.

Sacked Transport official recalls dealings with alleged mastermind of kickback scheme

The former Transport department staffer has told an anti-corruption inquiry about how he first became involved in the kickback arrangements in 2019.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
Former Transport for NSW senior project engineer David Liu appears before the ICAC inquiry.

Transport department engineer admits pocketing at least $110,000 in kickbacks

The engineer told an anti-corruption inquiry about his role in a deal hatched in 2021 with the alleged mastermind of the kickback scandal.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
EVs made up 11 per cent of new light vehicle sales in the first quarter of this year.

Fuel tax is in trouble, and there are calls for an alternative now

The federal government is being urged to confront how motorists should pay to use Australia’s roads before the growth in electric vehicles hollows out the $17 billion raised through fuel excise every year.

  • Patrick Hatch