The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the days most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Wednesday found that the Drummoyne MP and former government minister used pressure, threats and false accusations, and misrepresented the concerns of local shopkeepers in his attempts to improperly influence Liberal councillors from the City of Canada Bay. Mr Sidoti also said he would continue to "clear his name" by lodging an application in the Supreme Court. Mr Sidoti is being investigated for misusing his position to improperly influence Liberal councillors to achieve outcomes that would benefit his familys property interests in Five Dock between 2011 and 2018. ICAC took complaints from a non-government majority Upper House Committee, they interviewed disgruntled Liberal Party members and interrogated my family, he said. For almost 70 years I went to Mass virtually every Sunday. The NUG is calling for defensive weapons. [2], Elected to Burwood Council in 2008, Sidoti served as mayor from 2009 up until the 2011 state election, when he stood down as mayor, remaining as a councillor. Sidoti encountered Liberal councillor Mirjana Cestar while exercising on the Bay Run, he could not identify any of the shopkeepers, heard evidence from former Liberal councillors, threatened their jobs if they did not vote in favour. Daily The ICAC report said Mr Sidoti wanted planning controls relaxed so that three properties his family owned could benefit from development potential. "I've worked too hard and I know what I've done and what I haven't done," he said. John Sidoti, the former minister for sport who announced earlier this month that he would sit on the crossbench pending the investigation, is accused of hiring town planners to lobby Canada Bay council during a review of zoning regulations in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Five Dock. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), abc.net.au/news/icac-finds-john-sidoti-guilty-of-corrupt-conduct/101254544, Get breaking news alerts directly to your phone with our app, Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this article, This man advises his clients that elections, rates and mortgages are invalid, Vaping crackdown to include ban on non-prescription imports, Texas gunman on the run.

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