Icac’s drama and dirt files show NSW’s ‘guns for hire’ problem. But neither major party is serious about reform

Source: The Guardian Australia · 2026-11-12T14:00:44.000Z · Politics

Chris Minns is trying to address the threat of undeclared lobbying but falls well short of what the commission recommended five years ago Get our daily political email , free app or daily news podcast A dirt file on a state minister peddled to journalists. A subterranean campaign to discredit the building commissioner. Convincing the Liberal party to unseat councillors in the Hills district who were blocking a developer. The New South Wales corruption watchdog’s recent inquiry, Rosny, revealed the ease with which the key protagonists – a group of rightwing Liberal operatives known as the Reformers, all of whom were former staffers – could move along the corridors of NSW parliament. Continue reading...

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