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Ex-NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald gets 14-year jail sentence for corruptly awarding mine licence

Former resources minister Ian Macdonald will stay in jail until at least 2027 for misconduct in public office involving two mining licences.

ABC News

Ex-NSW minister given second jail term for corruption

He will be eligible for parole in 2027.

Newcastle Herald

Mining corruption claims 'never investigated', secret report reveals

A report which may never be made public is heavily critical of a mining titles office to manage claims of corruption, conflicts of interest, and bungled investigations.

Newcastle Herald

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Nucoal shareholders seek compensation after John Maitland found not guilty of misconduct

There was a huge snowball effect when a Hunter mining executive was accused of wrongdoing. He has since cleared his name and shareholders say they deserve justice.

ABC News

Ex-Labor minister again found corrupt over Hunter Valley mining licences

The court on Tuesday found Macdonald had no reasonable cause or justification to grant two licences to Hunter Valley company Doyles Creek Mining in 2008.

Newcastle Herald

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald found guilty of corruptly awarding mining licence

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald has been found guilty of wilful misconduct after granting a mining licence to a company run by former union boss John Maitland.

ABC News

Ex-Labor minister again found corrupt

Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald has again been found guilty of corruptly awarding a preliminary mining licence, but ex-CFMEU boss John Maitland is acquitted.

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Anxious wait for former MP and union boss over Hunter Valley mining charges

Justice Hament Dhanji said he would try to hand down the verdict before Christmas

Newcastle Herald

Ex-NSW minister awaits corruption verdict

A judge hopes to deliver his verdict on corruption charges against former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and ex-union boss John Maitland before Christmas.

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Ian Macdonald and John Maitland had 'no relationship, no debt', court told

The former Labor politician denies spinning a story to financially benefit the ex-union boss who says there was no deal for him to financially benefit from a lucrative coal exploration mining licence.

Newcastle Herald

Ex-union boss tells judge no debt existed

Former ALP politician Ian Macdonald denies in the NSW Supreme Court that he did anything wrong by awarding a coal exploration licence to an ex-union boss.

AAP

Former minister Ian Macdonald 'cost NSW $100 million', court told

Macdonald, 73, has pleaded not guilty to misconduct in public office accused of favouring the interests of the mining company by directly allocating the licence without inviting expressions of interests or a competitive tender.

Newcastle Herald

Retrial of former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and John Maitland begins

Ian Macdonald and ex-union boss John Maitland are charged with wilful misconduct in public office after a mine licence was directly allocated to a company Mr Maitland chaired.

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Ex-minister cost NSW millions, judge told

The retrial of Ian Macdonald has been told the former NSW Labor minister cost the state millions by improperly granting an Upper Hunter mining licence.

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Trial for ex-Labor politician adjourned

The criminal retrial for Ian Macdonald has been postponed after the former NSW minister's lawyers could not properly discuss the case with him in jail.

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Sydney news: NSW Opposition policy would restrict mobile phone use in public high schools

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Opposition pledges to restrict mobile phone use in public high school classrooms if it wins the next election, warning students' academic standards are already declining.

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Ian Macdonald and John Maitland to face judge-alone retrial after mining licence appeal

Ian Macdonald and ex-union boss John Maitland will face a judge-alone retrial after successfully appealing their convictions over a NSW mine licence.

Newcastle Herald

Former NSW minister Ian Macdonald seeks judge-alone trial

The Crown has yet to say whether it will oppose the application for the trial, which relates to a Hunter Valley mining licence.

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Ex-NSW minister seeks judge-alone trial

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and union boss John Maitland want their criminal retrial to be heard by a judge and not a jury.

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