POLITICIANS – NEW SOUTH WALES

Gay MP stands up for marriage equality

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Original article by Nicole Hasham
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 21-Nov-14

Liberal Party of New South Wales MP Don Harwin spoke in favour of marriage equality for gay people in 2010, during debate on the Relationships Register Bill. Harwin, who is the president of the state’s upper house, disclosed his homosexuality in Parliament on 20 November 2014. He later said that he had urged the legalisation of gay marriage in a submission to a Senate inquiry, arguing banning gay couples from marrying is discrimination

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LIBERAL PARTY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Obeid to be charged with corruption

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Original article by Geoff Winestock
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 21-Nov-14

The New South Wales (NSW) Director of Public Prosecutions has brought charges against ex-minister and Australian Labor Party identity Eddie Obeid, as recommended by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). It found he had exerted undue influence on party colleagues Eric Roozendaal, Carl Scully and Joe Tripodi as well as the Maritime Authority of NSW’s Stephen Dunn, to secure licenses for restaurants at Circular Quay in Sydney. ICAC has also gained corruption charges against ex-Labor minister Ian Macdonald, though not Obeid, in the case involving the granting of coal mining permits

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NEW SOUTH WALES. INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION, NEW SOUTH WALES. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS, NSW MARITIME, CIRCULAR QUAY RESTAURANTS PTY LTD, DOYLES CREEK MINING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, LOCAL COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, COURT OF APPEAL (NEW SOUTH WALES)