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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose and Catie McLeod

Icac clears NSW planning official Katie Joyner of corruption over $3.8m home buy on Sydney’s north shore

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The NSW Icac says it found no evidence that planning official Katie Joyner corruptly used insider information in buying a property in Gordon, northern Sydney, last year. Photograph: Sydney Criminal Lawyers

A New South Wales corruption watchdog investigation into a senior planning bureaucrat alleged to have used insider information for personal gain through the government’s housing plan has been closed after investigators found “no evidence” of corrupt conduct.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Monday afternoon announced – after a month-long inquiry following claims made in parliament about Katie Joyner, a planning director – that it would close the investigation.

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