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Sidoti had plan to ‘remedy’ council preselection after rezoning hopes dashed, ICAC hears We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Drummoyne MP John Sidoti allegedly engineered a plan to dislodge two sitting Liberals from a 2017 council preselection ticket in place of two others, including a 21-year-old from his own electorate office. Canada Bay Liberal councillor Michael Megna told a town planner in 2017 that Mr Sidoti held concerns about councillors Mirjana Cestar and Helen McCaffrey, shortly after ...

Advertisement Drummoyne MP John Sidoti called the planning coordinator of his local council to discuss a proposal that had the potential to affect his financial interests but said he was “calling as a resident” and not the local member, a corruption inquiry has heard. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is investigating whether Mr Sidoti improperly influenced or attempted to improperly influence councillors or staff members at the City of Canada Bay Council between November 2013 and September 2017 to exercise their functions to benefit his family’s property interests....

Advertisement The Berejiklian government’s ability to balance mining interests against environmental concerns is set to be central to its bid to retain the must-win marginal Upper Hunter electorate with One Nation preparing to take on the Coalition over coal. The byelection, triggered by the resignation of MP Michael Johnsen over allegations he raped a sex worker which he denies, is set to be a four-party contest, with One Nation announcing on Thursday it would contest the May 22 poll. Premier Gladys Berejiklian has conceded the Coalition is likely to lose the byelection in the Upper Hun...

Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s decision comes as Gladys Berejiklian told colleagues she wants Natasha Maclaren-Jones appointed as the next upper house president, in a bid to boost the number of women with senior roles.

PORTER BACKPEDALS A spokesman for Christian Porter has conceded to news.com.au that while the attorney-general does not recall any contact with his accuser after a debating contest weekend in 1988, “if there is some information that there was some form of contact in the early 1990’s, that is not impossible and it’s not a case of disputing that possibility.” Porter told reporters during his denial of historical rape allegations on Wednesday that he had never met his accuser again, however the woman’s unsworn affidavit alleges they had dinner in Perth in 1994. Separately, the woman...