After six days of evidence about Ian Macdonald’s infamous night at room 1119 in the Four Seasons Hotel with Tiffanie, it was a huge relief to finally hear it from the horse’s mouth.
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ICAC inquiry: Medich explains happy endings to the court
Most people approach a day at ICAC in total dread, but multimillionaire property developer Ron Medich appeared insouciant, verbally wrangling with counsel assisting, Geoffrey Watson SC and even the commissioner.
ICAC learns rough kissing meant no breakfast with Tiffanie
“If you knew who I was, you would be surprised.” When Ian Macdonald allegedly said this to an Asian sex worker in a Sydney hotel room in 2009, he could not have imagined that his words would end up in a corruption inquiry.
Talking the Town: Thumped, bumped and bumped off at ICAC
The difference between being thumped, bumped and bumped off is still a mystery, even after a whole day spent at the current ICAC hearing in Sydney into allegations of murdered Michael McGurk’s corrupt conduct.
The odd ICAC appointment of Justice David Ipp
Supreme Court Judge David Ipp was last week nominated to be the next commissioner of NSW’s anti-corruption commission. Except, there’s nothing in David Ipp’s public record to indicate an interest in these sorts of matters, writes Stephen Murray.
NSW anti-corruption watchdog faces unrelenting pressure
Yet another attempt has been made to re-define the meaning of “corrupt conduct” as determined by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Message to NSW councils: Close down illegal brothels or go to ICAC
New Brothel laws designed to close down the grubby illegal brothel industry in NSW came into force on 1 October 2007. To coincide with the introduction of the new laws I registered a new business name called “Brothel Busters” which contracts to councils and the legal brothel industry, writes Chris Seage
