The Latest Breaking News from Ian MacDonald

Farm tax appeal by corrupt ex-MP's family thrown out

The Obeid family has been described as calculated and recalcitrant for repeatedly ignoring court orders to prepare for a case it launched 12 years ago.

AAP · Aug 20

Family of corrupt ex-MP tries to stall major tax appeal

Endless delays appear set to continue after 11 members of the Obeid family asked to delay the hearing of an appeal they launched more than a decade ago.

AAP · Aug 5

In 2007, scientists found giant underwater domes off California; the truth was stranger than anyone expected

Mysterious underwater domes off California were identified as ancient asphalt volcanoes. These formations originated from hardened crude oil and marine debris over centuries. The eruptions likely triggered methane releases and created vast ocean dead zones. However, these extinct structures provided rare hard habitats for deep-sea marine life. Scientists continue to…

The Economic Times · Jul 27

"I remember listening back to that and thinking: What the hellis this?!": Behind the scenes at the recording of King Crimson's trailblazing In The Court Of The Crimson King

Tales of the first true progressive rock album, from two of the men who made it

Louder · Oct 10, 2024

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Lawyers for Moses Obeid have argued his sentence for lying to a 2012 ICAC probe could take the form of community service rather than being spent behind bars.

AAP · Apr 8, 2024

House in High Park is a Toronto home to be discovered slowly

House in High Park by Ian MacDonald Architect is a new-build home in Toronto that takes a problematic plot and transforms it into an exhilarating, contemporary residence

Wallpaper · Feb 10, 2024

Corrupt ex-minister Eddie Obeid loses bid for freedom

Ex-NSW Labor ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald, as well as Obeid's son Moses, have failed in an attempt to have their convictions quashed.

AAP · Oct 6, 2023

"The worst track we ever had to record" – why 3/4 of the Beatles hated Maxwell's Silver Hammer

No Paul McCartney song ever incurred the joint wrath of Lennon, Harrison and Starr quite like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Here’s why…

MusicRadar · Aug 16, 2023

Obeids, Macdonald appealing Hunter Valley coal licence conviction

The trio have appealed to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal

Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023

Obeid, Macdonald appealing NSW coal licence conviction

A lawyer involved in an appeal by Eddie Obeid and his co-conspirators says the trio was convicted even though the acts they conspired to do were not specified.

AAP · Apr 17, 2023