Disgraced former NSW MP Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald have lost their bid to have their corruption convictions overturned.
The trio were sentenced to jail time in July 2021 after they were found guilty of conspiring to commit wilful misconduct in public office over a $60m mine licence.
Macdonald passed on confidential information about the government tender for the licence over the Obeid family property at Mount Penny in the Bylong Valley. The coal exploration licence was granted in 2009 by Macdonald’s ministerial department and the Obeids raked in $30m. The trio were charged following an inquiry by ICAC and found guilty of the multimillion-dollar conspiracy.
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