New South Wales doesn’t need another AFL team — its government provides more than enough in the way of spectator sport, writes Crikey intern James Pattison.
Milton Orkopoulos
Linking Rees with Orkopoulos doesn’t wash
Some sections of the media are repeating highly damaging allegations that Premier Rees was involved in a Milton Orkopoulos cover-up.
Rees and Orkopoulos: how much did the premier know?
There is growing evidence that only a wilful act of ignorance would have prevented Labor figures from knowing there were serious allegations about Milton Orkopoulos circulating, writes Bernard Keane.
Orkopoulos inquiry sputters out
By the time parliament limped to a standstill yesterday, Nationals MP Trevor Khan’s bold bid to deepen the exposure of the Orkopoulos scandal was in tatters, writes Alex Mitchell.
Will there be an Orkopoulos inquiry? Let’s see
When the NSW parliament resumes, Upper House president Peter Primrose will rule on whether a committee of inquiry should be established, writes Alex Mitchell.
Tips and rumours
A curious omission from Ms Zaetta’s CV. The music career that never took off. Jill Hall, the Federal Member for Shortland, might have been a little more transparent in her appeal to ALP colleagues for assistance for Kathy Orkopoulos and her daughter. Kathy Orkopoulos is on her electoral office staff, although is currently on leave. The […]
With Orkopoulos nicked, inquiry demands grow
At issue is what ministers, backbenchers and parliamentary staff knew about Orkopoulos’s criminal behaviour, writes Alex Mitchell.
Calls to investigate Orkopoulos’ Aboriginal dealings
NSW Liberal MP Chris Hartcher believes that the conviction of Milton Orkopoulos on 28 child sex and drugs charges opens the way for a full-scale investigation into his other victims – the Darkinjung Aboriginal people of the Central Coast, writes Alex Mitchell.
The last act of Orkopoulos: skewering the Darkinjung
The NSW Government promotes Aboriginal self-development but its treatment of the Darkinjung people shows what happens to uppity blackfellas who want to redeem themselves, writes Alex Mitchell.
Milton Orkopoulos’ other victim
In a just, fair and civilized society, Gillian Sneddon would be celebrated as a role model. Instead, she’s been given the sack, writes Alex Mitchell.
