ICAC probes into former premier Gladys Berejiklian and Liberal MP John Sidoti has resulted in beefed up requirements for MPs and ministers,including detailing the interests of immediate family members.
Premier Dominic Perrottet has defended his candidate in the Sydney seat of Drummoyne who has worked for suspended former Liberal MP John Sidoti.
The former Liberal minister wants to contest the election as an independent. He might have to brush up on his local knowledge first.
Criticism of the commission is too often based on self-interest and resentment rather than high principle.
The premier called for Sidoti to resign after the ICAC found the MP engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” to benefit his family’s property interests in Sydney’s inner west.
Mr Sidoti was asked to calm down and take a deep breath during “chaotic” evidence in which he talked over a barrister and said accusations about him were “unacceptable”.
John Sidoti’s sister and brother-in-law helped prepare a statutory declaration on behalf of a Sydney businessman to dispute claims the Drummoyne MP gave false evidence in a corruption inquiry.
The Drummoyne MP will appear as a witness during the three-day inquiry at the Independent Commission Against Corruption,taking the stand next Thursday and Friday,if required.
A corruption inquiry into Drummoyne MP John Sidoti has come to a close,with the MP insisting he did not lie or make up evidence.
The sister of Drummoyne MP John Sidoti advised her parents to ensure town planners lobbying for rezoning in Five Dock did so on their behalf,so Mr Sidoti did not appear as the proponent.
The Drummoyne MP has denied threatening a local councillor in a bid to pressure her to support planning decisions that would have benefited Sidoti family property interests.