Medibank hackers may be in Russia, as well as in "other countries", say police, as Optus goes silent on ransom claim.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is refusing to stand by the legality of a $5.5 million grant he made following an “intervention” by Gladys Berejiklian and heavy lobbying by Daryl Maguire.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has called for a review of hundreds of Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments over concerns key officials have been illegally appointed to multiple jobs.

Since deleted NSW Government “guidelines” for a $300 million investment fund show the Wagga Wagga gun club grant approved by Dominic Perrottet was expressly illegal from the outset.

The $5.5 million Dominic Perrottet illegally awarded a regional NSW gun club escaped the scrutiny of the state’s chief auditor because it was not “sampled” as part of the annual government inspection.

Australia’s former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who covered-up a corruption scandal at the top of the country’s corporate regulator, has been appointed to a senior role with notorious global investment bank Goldman Sachs.