The billionaire Lowy Family — who made over half a million dollars in secretive “donations” to the Liberal Party weeks before last year’s federal election — paid zero tax on over $1.5 billion of revenue.

A far-right wing “Christian” group allegedly connected to a brother of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet was likely involved in illegally funnelling property developer cash to stack a Sydney council, an inquiry has heard.

One of two brothers of the NSW Premier to have gone “missing” allegedly sought $50,000 to “revenge unseat” a federal minister.

An obscure company with no website, no telephone number — and no employees — was used by billionaire Lowy family to make $550,000 in secretive “donations” to the Liberal Party.

Former NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s appointment to a plumb New York role represented a “jobs for the boys position”.

A mouthpiece for the Chinese Government has ridiculed Moscow’s military as “outdated”, with its failures in Ukraine showing why Beijing had “abandoned” a Russian-style military a decade ago.