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2026-09-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

‘Going urgent isn’t worth your life’: Partner’s plea after officer killed in Sydney crash

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2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Nassif’s Toplace paid $134,000 for surveillance of Strathfield mayor

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2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

‘A thousand bucks for smear story’: Cash offered for negative Elliott coverage

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2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Politics

Belligerence, blackmail and a Bangladeshi chatbot: What we learnt from ICAC week eight

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2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

The state’s police watchdog wants extra powers. The NSW government has other ideas

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2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

Mookhey referred commissioner claims to ICAC after meeting Labor lawyer

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2026-09-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A Liberal lobbyist who allegedly received a share in a $2 million bribe from developer Jean Nassif says he and his business partner often talked about fancy cars, and their discussions about buying a Porsche or Ferrari had nothing to do with large payments they expected to receive. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Homebush real estate agent Mohammad Abedin has claimed the former mayor of Strathfield Matthew Blackmore did not seem particularly distressed after a flyer outlining a host of negative allegations about him was planted on his car. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “We have something that will kill Elliott,” Greenwood texted Maheswaran in 2020. assertive

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The self-described Godfather grabbed the headlines in an action-packed week at the inquiry that began with a blackmail claim aired by a former mayor of Strathfield, took a sharp turn into Nassif’s Lebanese bedroom, then back to Strathfield where a key figure in the inquiry – former councillor Sharangan Maheswaran – made his first appearance. mixed

2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The investigator said he had a few different listening devices, including devices that look like a pen or a “small square” that resembles a type of tag you would keep on a keychain. assertive

2026-09-23 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Sharangan Maheswaran, Nassif’s one-time lawyer and a former Labor councillor, offered the payment to lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood if he could convince a reporter to write a damaging story about Elliott having an affair. assertive

2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Mookhey told Maheswaran he would not raise the concerns about Chandler in budget estimates, and they should instead be reported to the ICAC. assertive

2026-09-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Detectives will explore whether speed was a factor. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 A private investigator invoiced Jean Nassif’s development company $134,000 for surveillance of the former Strathfield mayor, with then-Labor councillor Sharangan Maheswaran convincing Toplace to pay the bill. assertive

2026-10-04 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The Minns government is refusing to amend laws that would give the state’s police watchdog stronger powers to access crucial NSW Police documents as the independent body investigates a string of high-profile cases, including allegations of improper promotion practices among the state’s most senior officers. assertive