The Hills were alive with a NSW Liberal factional war – now the corruption watchdog is sniffing around

Thanks to two hearings involving serious allegations of corrupt conduct in 2022 involving political operatives in Sydney’s Hills district, the party now faces an existential crisisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlan Haselden, former deputy mayor of the Hills shire council, was stunned when developer Jean Nassif, owner of Toplace, showed him plans for “colossal structures” at Castle Hill back in 2018 or 2019.“He was pretty bullish about the whole thing … I sat there like the proverbial stunned mullet,” Haselden told a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry in 2023. Continue reading...