A former NSW Labor minister who used his position to corruptly benefit an ex-union leader over a coal mine potentially worth $9.1 billion in the Hunter Valley has received a second jail sentence,” according to reports.
Ian Michael Macdonald, 74, was found guilty in a judge-alone retrial over two charges of misconduct in public office. The former resources minister granted licences to Doyles Creek Mining, chaired by former union boss John Maitland, without a competitive tender in 2008.
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