Journalists and media outlets campaigning against anti-corruption bodies are actively spreading a “massive trove of misinformation”, appear to be running a “deliberate campaign to mislead people”, says former top judge.

NSW Deputy Liberal Leader Stuart Ayres appears to have given false evidence to ICAC inquiry about his July 2016 visit to a Wagga Wagga gun club, that subsequently received a $5.5m grant.

The fund used to make the $5.5 million Wagga Wagga gun club grant was only created - by Dominic Perrottet as NSW Treasurer - months before Perrottet personally approved it.

The $5.5 million grant to fund a 1000-person convention centre at a gun club in Wagga Wagga was the only one - of over 90 grants - in the NSW Murray-Riverina region that went to a non-government entity.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet as Treasurer was responsible for the $5.5m gun club grant, which was green-stamped despite being “unusual” and NSW Sport not wanting “any involvement”

Westpac avoided being called to front the banking Royal Commission’s hearings on superannuation after falsely presenting itself as a “white knight” to government officials behind-the-scenes.