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Eddie Obeid to keep his socks and jocks along with $30 million
2025-05-01 06:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
ExclusivePoliticsNSWCorruptionBy Kate McClymontApril 24, 2025 7.00am, registeror subscribeto save articles for later.Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Jailed former Labor minister Eddie Obeid will get to keep his socks and jocks as well as the $30 million he made from a corrupt coal licence deal after the NSW Crime Commission concluded that pursuing a criminal confiscation case against the 81-year-old and his family was not feasible.Its a sad but unavoidable conclusion, the NSW Crime Commissioner, Michael Barnes, said.When Eddie Obeid, his son Moses, 56, and former mining minister Ian Macdonald, 76, were jailed in October 2021 over a corrupt coal licence deal, the then-premier Dominic Perrottet expressed shock and outrage when this masthead revealed that the Obeids would keep the millions they had received.You cant act corruptly, you cant make $30 million and keep it, said the premier at the time. Its outrageous if thats...
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