Former Labor minister Eddie Obeid played a lesser role than his co-conspirators, who included his son Moses and his parliamentary colleague Ian Macdonald, in the corrupt granting of a coal licence, his barrister told the NSW Supreme Court.
Having found Obeid, 77, his son Moses, 52, and former Resources Minister Ian Macdonald,72, guilty of a conspiracy in which Macdonald breached his ministerial duties by providing confidential information to the Obeids over a coal exploration licence, Justice Elizabeth Fullerton is now hearing sentencing submissions.
However, Crown prosecutor Sophie Callan, SC, had previously submitted that while Moses Obeid played a more active role in the conspiracy, effectively doing the legwork, it was his father who had a “higher moral culpability” due to his position as a member of parliament at the time the conspiracy was hatched and carried out.Ms Callan also suggested that his father exercised a “measure of control” over his son and that it was Eddie Obeid who provided his son with access to Macdonald.
During the lengthy trial, Mr Martin had argued that Macdonald “was acting in the interests of the people of NSW” and not the Obeid family when he opened up areas of the state for coal exploration.
Kate_McClymont So guilty.
Kate_McClymont They only represent the ones caught out.... Morrison taking a 10k taxpayer aircraft to visit his children is equally a SCAM
Kate_McClymont Fancy throwing your own son under the bus! How good is Eddie the father?
Kate_McClymont this disgraceful episode goes to the heart of what is wrong with this country and why we need to break the Lib/Lab hold on power VoteThemAllOut
Kate_McClymont He would have been the brains behind the whole saga. His son wasn’t working closely with McDonald, it was Eddie pulling the strings!
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