In his third day in the ICAC witness box Drummoyne MP John Sidoti was asked if he had suffered an illness or virus that had caused him to lose his memory,as he struggled to answer questions.
While the Liberal Party debates the merits of quotas for women,it is a quota system that allots seats in cabinet to the likes of Drummoyne MP John Sidoti,the former NSW minister who told the corruption watchdog he did not read documents before signing them.
Drummoyne MP John Sidoti spent his second day in the corruption watchdog’s witness box distancing himself from a series of emails he had written,conceding that he did not always write what he meant.
Drummoyne MP John Sidoti has told an inquiry he signed documents without reading them for years and never thought to declare his wife’s income to Parliament because he was working long hours.
An employee of Drummoyne MP John Sidoti said it was her decision alone to challenge the sitting local mayor’s council preselection bid in 2017.
Nicholas Yap said he received a call three days before a council preselection event,asking him to withdraw from the number one and two spots.
A planner who once represented Drummoyne MP John Sidoti was reprimanded for deliberately obstructing the corruption watchdog as he gave evidence about his dealings with the state MP in an inquiry on Thursday.
A former Liberal councillor has been forced to defend why he accepted a script from Drummoyne MP John Sidoti to read at a council meeting.
A former Liberal councillor says he never thought Drummoyne MP John Sidoti was acting on behalf of his own private interests when he lobbied council,but that he was advocating for small business.
A former Liberal councillor said she felt sustained pressure from Drummoyne MP John Sidoti to vote in favour of a rezoning decision that would benefit his family interests.
A high-profile Liberal party power broker has been linked to an alleged campaign to remove sitting local councillors,in claims made to a corruption inquiry into Drummoyne MP John Sidoti.