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Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse girls.

If you don’t look, you can’t see: Inside the world of the protected and powerful

This is a story of corruption that has many faces and of power that can be used to expose or conceal it.

  • John Silvester

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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at the Premier’s Multicultural Gala Dinner in 2025.

‘It should be for everyone’: Labor accused of partisan tactics at multicultural events

Documents reveal that shortly after the premier’s office became involved, the ticket allocation for Labor MPs was tripled and staff asked for the final say on the entertainment line-up and guest list.

  • Chip Le Grand
Scott Morrison giving evidence at the robo-debt royal commission in 2022.

Secret identities revealed, Morrison cleared of corruption in robo-debt investigation

The royal commission into robo-debt referred six people for investigation in a secret sealed chapter. Their names have finally been revealed.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
The CFMEU’s transformation from construction union to crime syndicate was fuelled by an explosion in government spending.

Daniel Andrews couldn’t spend our money fast enough. It is no surprise crooks cashed in

So long as you had a union ticket, the Andrews government was a scoundrel’s dream.

  • Chip Le Grand
CFMEU administrator Mark Irving, KC, appears before the inquiry this week.

Opposition demands sacking of CFMEU administrator, government says call ‘ridiculous’

Opposition MPs were on Wednesday calling for the administrator to resign for an “industrial-scale cover-up”, referring to reporting in this masthead.

  • Mike Foley
CFMEU administrator Mark Irving (right) and corruption-busting lawyer Geoffrey Watson.

$15b ‘poured into criminals’ hands’: Bombshell findings CFMEU tried to hide

Politically damaging material was stripped from the final report of the corruption buster appointed to help root out wrongdoing in the powerful union.

  • Nick McKenzie
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Eddie Obeid (left), Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid (right).

‘Clear abuse of public trust’: High Court rules on Obeid, Macdonald appeals

Disgraced ex-Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and former ministerial ally Ian Macdonald were jailed for their part in a conspiracy.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Najib Razak in October.

Ex-Malaysian PM jailed over corruption scandal that hit Hollywood, Wall Street

Najib Razak was sentenced to 15 years and fined $5 billion after being convicted over multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund.

  • Eileen Ng
Supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan protest outside Islamabad High Court this month.

Imran Khan and wife handed 17-year jail terms in corruption case

The conviction adds to a series of legal troubles for Pakistan’s former prime minister, who has been in prison since August 2023 serving a 14-year sentence in a separate case.

  • Mubasher Bukhari
The government said its offer would fulfil the promise of “nation-leading wages” for nursing and midwifery staff.

Four charged in probe into corrupt payments to public health officials

One company’s medical equipment was used in Queensland’s public hospitals because of secret payments to public officials, the CCC has alleged.

  • William Davis