The Commissioner overseeing the Robodebt Royal Commission has attacked coverage of the inquiry by the traditional media as “patchy”, and stated the “importance of social media”.

The website of a “lobbying” firm tied to a brother of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet  – who refused to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry — has been erased from the internet.

Singaporean Government-owned telco giant Optus made $70,000 in political “donations” last year - despite payments from “foreign donors” being illegal.

One of three Liberal Party figures on the run from the law is hiding out in a remote forest that straddles the NSW-Victorian border where he has been spotted “in a mask”, an inquiry has heard.

The controversial property developer at the heart of the scandal involving two of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet’s brothers has had his business and luxury Sydney waterfront home raided by police.

One of two “lobbying” firms named by a NSW parliamentary inquiry — which is currently running a statewide manhunt for three “missing” Liberal Party figures — is owned by the sister-in-law of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet.