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2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Economy/Business

Block on NSW gold mine rejected by federal court

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2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

Commissioner’s SCG briefing, police miscommunications in spotlight at Town Hall protest inquiry

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2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Health

‘Russian roulette’: NSW emergency department visits surge amid dangerous peptide fad

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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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2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald · Crime & Law

ICAC Operation Rosny as it happened: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran denies weaponising Jean Nassif extortion claims

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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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2026-09-07 · 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

2026-09-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 That was compared to a single mother who rented and caught the bus, who might get $1500 a year. 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

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Today we’ll hear evidence from real estate agent Mohammad Abedin, who was a colleague of former mayor Matthew Blackmore. 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

2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Eggs on toast” and “a regular soy cap” were among the few audible things a private investigator secretly recorded while on a covert operation targeting the then-mayor of Strathfield at Deli Fresh cafe in December 2022. mixed

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

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 - Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran offered government relations consultant Jeremy Greenwood $1000 if he could convince a journalist to publish a story about the MP David Elliott supposedly breaching COVID restrictions with a mystery woman. assertive

2026-09-24 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 The day’s evidence could best be described as “mooshed”, a word the witness appeared to use for “muddled into a confused mess”. 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

2026-09-28 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 “Did you fix the testicle?” was the blackmailers’ code for the 2004 coup against the Strathfield mayor, Alfred Tsang. mixed

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

2026-10-05 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 In a letter to Ellis the next day, an ICAC investigator reiterated the arrangements they could make to facilitate his evidence. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Plibersek’s statement of reasons for the declaration said she “could not be assured that the NSW legislative framework as it currently stands can adequately protect the specified area”. assertive

2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 What makes the unapproved peptide craze so dangerous is that there is no way of knowing which chemicals the vials contain, or what side-effects could come with it. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 Counsel assisting Kirsten Edwards, SC, said the Sydney Cricket Ground briefing would form part of the evidence before the LECC about the preparation for what was predicted to be a heated protest. mixed

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

🔮 But the documents show the bill was larger – $7790.50 – and reveal public servants said they were only told that alcohol would be served at the event. assertive