ClubsNSW is pursuing the state’s gambling regulator in the Federal Court in a bid to access confidential information from a whistleblower.

Their plea comes amid a brewing debate, pushed by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, over whether to slash overseas arrival numbers to better cope with new strains of COVID-19.

The NSW government spent an extra $10 million in a year on outsourcing work to the big four consultancies. 

The chair of the corporation is defying minister Ken Wyatt’s declaration of no confidence in him, despite a tranche of correspondence laying bare the dysfunction at the top of one of the most powerful Indigenous organisations in the country.

More than 1.5 million workers were on JobKeeper at the end of 2020.