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Obeid and Co escape prosecution over water deal
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions fails to take former Labor minister Eddie Obeid to court and won’t explain why, saying it is subject to legal privilege.
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Eddie Obeid escapes prosecution over corrupt water deal
Criminal charges against the disgraced former NSW minister were dropped on the eve of his third trial for misconduct in a public office.
- Ben Cubby, Riley Walter and Kate McClymont
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State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties
The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.
- Ben Cubby
‘Clear abuse of public trust’: High Court rules on Obeid, Macdonald appeals
Disgraced ex-Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and former ministerial ally Ian Macdonald were jailed for their part in a conspiracy.
- Michaela Whitbourn
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The pot of gold the Obeid family hid is a slap in the face for NSW
For years, the NSW government and the NSW Crime Commission have pursued the $30 million that disgraced NSW MP Eddie Obeid made from a corrupt coal licence deal.
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Revealed: Obeid trust’s secret $30 million stake in metro high-rise
A family trust concealed its interest in a prime development site next to the new Bankstown metro station.
- Ben Cubby
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
- Kate McClymont
Star witness in ex-MP’s trial ‘can’t recall anything about anything’
The Crown’s star witness in the trial of his former boss had his criminal charges dropped in return for giving evidence against ex-NSW minister Tony Kelly.
- Kate McClymont
Early autism action is vital, regardless of who pays
The NDIS has made timely help available. Let’s not stop that, writes Jane Salmon.