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

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he is proud of the state’s corruption watchdog which “has teeth”, while refusing to say if it's interviewed him over the ICAC scandal that felled Gladys Berejiklian.

The directors of Optus owner Singtel were given major pay rises just weeks before the telco suffered one of the biggest data breaches in Australia’s history.

Telco giant Optus runs a “world-class” global cyber security business but is refusing to say whether it was used to protect its Australian customers, the group’s biggest source of profit.

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.

Up to $1 million of the $7.4m “cost” of the Wagga gun club development appears to be unaccounted for. It’s also revealed Wagga Wagga council approved the project even before NSW funding granted.