Bevan Shields
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Lady Chu prevails in street lighting war with Clover Moore – but a new sore point is brewing (opens the original)
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War may still be raging in Europe and the Middle East, but a historic peace deal has just been sealed much closer to home. In Sydney, the bitter battle between dumpling doyenne Nahji Chu and Lord Mayor Clover Moore has come to an end after the City of Sydney council finally conceded that new street lights above a buzzy Potts Point restaurant strip are far too bright and will now be significantly dimmed. The backdown represents a major victory for Chu, who has long complained the “interrogation”
Seismic switcheroo: Peter V’landys quits Racing NSW for unprecedented NRL job (opens the original)
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As far as soft landings go, the one Peter V’landys has just orchestrated for himself is about as good as they come. The 66-year-old sporting administrator – easily one of the most powerful figures in Australian sport, media and politics – has resigned as chief executive of Racing NSW following 22 years at the helm. V’landys is due to be unveiled as the NRL’s new executive chairman – an unprecedented role for the game and the man himself. Seismic? Yes. Surprising? It shouldn’t be. This has been i
Inside a grubby political blackmail plot that backfired spectacularly (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. On January 8, 2022, four newly elected councillors gathered at the Crossways Hotel in Strathfield to divide the spoils of political war. Little did they know the meeting would trigger one of the grubbiest feuds in NSW politics, and feature in a major corruption inquiry four years later. Over lunch and drinks that Saturday, real estate agent Matthew Blackmore, kidney transplant recipient Karen Pens
How could this embodiment of evil be out of jail in time to celebrate his 50th birthday? (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Your instinct as a reader will be to turn away from this story, because what happened to Molly Ticehurst is about as grim as it gets. Having seen unredacted crime scene photos of Molly’s blood-soaked body on the floor of her Forbes home, I can’t blame you for stopping here. But understanding the true horror of what Daniel Billings inflicted upon his former partner is essential to grasp why it is a
Retiring NSW Liberal MP James Griffin blast party hacks as moderates wane (opens the original)
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James Griffin is normally a mild-mannered sort of character, a self-declared “happy warrior” who gets along with nearly everyone in Macquarie Street or his postcard-perfect electorate of Manly. But today the outgoing Liberal MP has a few things to get off his chest, and his primary target is the factional operatives more focused on tearing their own party apart than winning elections and returning to government. After nearly a decade as a state MP, Griffin – who replaced Mike Baird in 2017 and w
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