Ex-Liberal staffer before court, seven years after ICAC warning about lying
Advertisement An ex-Liberal staffer who was warned in 2014 about lying in evidence to the corruption watchdog about illegal political donations is now before a court charged with the exact offence. Tim Koelma, a former adviser to disgraced former NSW energy minister Chris Hartcher, faced a corruption inquiry to give evidence in relation to a NSW Liberal Party slush fund set up ahead of the 2011 state election. It is alleged Mr Koelma gave false or misleading evidence about $12,200 in payments received by the business Eightbyfive, which the ICAC found to have channelled prohibited donations. F...
Source: theage.com.au