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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

Corruption bombshell - ICAC finds former Awabakal Aboriginal Land Council leaders acted corruptly

Former assistant tax commissioner Nick Petroulias was found to have engaged in corrupt conduct.

The state's corruption watchdog has found that four individuals - Nicholas Petroulis, Despina Bakis, Debbie Dates and Richard Green - engaged in serious corrupt conduct through a dishonest scheme involving the false sale and development of $12 million worth of Aboriginal-owned land across the Lower Hunter.

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption released its long-awaited report Investigation into dealings involving Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council land (Operation Skyline) on Wednesday.

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