Leppington Triangle

Police searched a public servant’s Canberra property in February as part of that investigation, after executing three warrants.

Australian National Audit Office officials have raised concerns that only one of the two public servants who played a role in the controversial Leppington Triangle land purchase are subject to a code of conduct investigation. The officials also revealed that the responsible minister, Paul Fletcher, had said the deal seemed “pretty sensible”. Last year the […]

In his opening statement to the joint committee of public accounts and audit on Friday, Hehir said the Australian National Audit Office’s delivery of performance audit reports next year would be at its lowest in 20 years, reducing accountability and transparency.

NSW Labor will introduce a motion to parliament to refer the state government’s $53.5 Sydney land purchase to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy says he was ‘surprised and concerned’ by ANAO findings about the Leppington Triangle airport land sale.

Department of Finance Secretary Rosemary Huxtable says leaders will look “very carefully” at what needs to change after Leppington Triangle.

The Leppington Triangle scandal is looming as one of the most damaging in decades — but for the bureaucracy, not for politicians.

Public servants may have tried to cover-up the controversial Leppington Triangle land purchase when auditors questioned whether they had paid too much, Senate Estimates has heard. In a tense morning of hearings on Monday, Labor Senator Penny Wong grilled Department of Infrastructure secretary Simon Atkinson about the $30 million purchase of a 12-hectare land parcel […]

Federal police are investigating whether any criminal offenses were committed in the controversial Leppington Triangle land purchase, after a scathing audit office report argued government officials paid 10-times too much for the property. In a statement sent to The Mandarin, a spokesperson for the Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed an investigation was taking place, but […]