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Council corruption probe findings released
SOME interviewees spoken to as part of an independent review into Kingston Council’s processes made allegations in relation to corruption and misconduct at council.
A summary of a probity review ordered by Kingston Council last year has been released. The review was conducted in response to the corruption allegations aired during IBAC’s Operation Sandon hearings which toppled Casey Council.
Holding Redlich was tasked with the investigation, going on to interview both current and former Kingston councillors and officers. The legal firm says it focused on potential connections with individuals named in Operation Sandon, such as John Woodman, Megan Schutz, former Liberal MP Lorraine Wreford, and Labor lobbyist Phil Staindl.
Controversial former mayor Sam Aziz has agreed to forfeit more than $200,000 to the state government after a legal bid by authorities to stop the sale of his house over concerns it was tainted by corruption.
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Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg headlined an exclusive fundraising dinner at the upmarket Flower Drum restaurant last year attended by a key figure in the Casey land scandal who had been raided by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog just 18 days earlier.
The Age can reveal that former Liberal MP turned lobbyist Lorraine Wreford attended the fundraising dinner in October last year as the representative of allegedly corrupt property developer John Woodman shortly after her home had been raided by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.
Treasurer and senior Victorian Liberal Josh Frydenberg attended a small 2019 fundraising dinner with a representative of allegedly corrupt property developer John Woodman.