John Sidoti

NSW former sports minister John Sidoti has been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct by using h...

I'm going to fight this all the way. I'm not going anywhere." "The Commission is of the opinion that consideration should be given to obtaining the advice of the DPP with respect to the prosecution of Mr Sidoti for the offence of misconduct in public office," the statement said. "The Commission found that Mr Sidoti's conduct towards the councillors involved the use of pressure and threats to try to interfere with the impartial exercise of their official functions, to further his family property interests," ICAC said in a statement. It's my principal. It's my reputation.

Former Liberal minister tried to 'improperly influence' councillors in his electorate, corruption watchdog says.

“The commission is of the opinion that consideration should be given to obtaining the advice of the DPP with respect to the prosecution of Mr Sidoti for the offence of misconduct in public office,” the report said. He moved to the crossbench before last year’s hearings. “The commission found that Mr Sidoti engaged in serious corrupt conduct by, between approximately late 2013 and February 2017, engaging in a protracted course of conduct, involving the use of his official position as a member of parliament,” the report said.

Drummoyne MP John Sidoti engaged in serious corrupt conduct by using his position to try to influence local councillors to benefit his family's property ...

Over four weeks of public hearings, the commission heard evidence from former Liberal councillors, party powerbroker Joe Tannous, town planners linked to Sidoti, his accountant and his wife. The ICAC also recommended changes to guidelines governing the lobbying of councillors. It launched a full inquiry in December that year. But, when asked during the inquiry, he could not identify any of the shopkeepers for whom he was advocating. “This report has a number of unfounded inferences, errors and assumptions, and its findings are completely rejected. “The outcomes that Mr Sidoti wanted those councillors to deliver were entirely directed to his private interest in increasing the development potential of his family’s growing number of properties in and around the town centre,” the ICAC statement said.

Former Liberal minister John Sidoti engaged in serious corrupt conduct, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found....

Mr Sidoti also failed to declare his interest in family properties from the time he entered parliament in March 2011 until April 4, 2017, contrary to his obligations under the code of conduct for MPs and the ministerial code. ICAC found he engaged in a breach of public trust by "representing that he was acting at all times in the interests of his constituents and the local community". Despite insisting he was acting in the interests of his constituents "the outcomes that he wanted those councillors to deliver were entirely directed to his private interest in increasing the development potential of his family's growing number of properties in and around the Five Dock town centre", the report said. It found he indulged "in a protracted course of conduct" using his position as the MP for Drummoyne to pressure and threaten councillors Helen McCaffrey, Mirjana Cestar and Tanveer Ahmed. "I have contacted Mr Sidoti to inform him that I believe he should resign from the parliament," Mr Perrottet said in a statement on Wednesday. In its report, the ICAC recommended seeking advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions over prosecuting Mr Sidoti for the alleged offence of misconduct in public office.

The NSW Independent Corruption Against Commission has asked the DPP for advice on whether the MP should be prosecuted for misconduct in public office.

This recommendation ruled out a property that Mr Sidoti’s family owned inside the town centre, which was 600 square metres and too small to qualify for the height increase. Mr Sidoti is alleged to have pressured councillors into voting in a particular way and threatened their jobs if they did not comply. The commission found this claim was false. “Mr Sidoti represented that at all times he was acting in the interests of his constituents,” an ICAC statement read. His resignation left the then-Berejiklian government with a one-seat majority, which it has since lost after another MP quit the party following a rape allegation. The finding comes almost 18 months after the commission held its first public hearing into Mr Sidoti, a former sports minister who quit the Liberal Party for the crossbench in March last year.

Former Liberal minister John Sidoti engaged in serious corrupt conduct, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found....

Mr Sidoti also failed to declare his interest in family properties from the time he entered parliament in March 2011 until April 4, 2017, contrary to his obligations under the code of conduct for MPs and the ministerial code. ICAC found he engaged in a breach of public trust by "representing that he was acting at all times in the interests of his constituents and the local community". Despite insisting he was acting in the interests of his constituents "the outcomes that he wanted those councillors to deliver were entirely directed to his private interest in increasing the development potential of his family's growing number of properties in and around the Five Dock town centre", the report said. It found he indulged "in a protracted course of conduct" using his position as the MP for Drummoyne to pressure and threaten councillors Helen McCaffrey, Mirjana Cestar and Tanveer Ahmed. "I have contacted Mr Sidoti to inform him that I believe he should resign from the parliament," Mr Perrottet said in a statement on Wednesday. In its report, the ICAC recommended seeking advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions over prosecuting Mr Sidoti for the alleged offence of misconduct in public office.

Wednesday 20 July 2022. The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has found that Anthony (John) Sidoti MP engaged in serious corrupt conduct ...