Kate McClymont is a Senior Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
He was once one of the richest men in the country, but on Thursday former property developer Stephen Larkin was taken away in handcuffs after he was jailed for falsely nominating others for 62 traffic offences.
A good hitman is hard to find, laments Kate McClymont.
A woman who was caught allegedly threatening her drug lord husband's co-accused as well as laundering the proceeds of his crimes has claimed she will lose her job with the Department of Family and Community Services if she does not get bail.
The finances of the embattled Obeid family have been given a $10 million boost with a property sale that could help pay for their numerous legal battles.Â
There was a deathly silence around the cabinet room. The seven words just uttered by the usually silent fisheries minister Eddie Obeid had shocked his colleagues to the core.
Edward Moses Obeid has spent his first night in prison after being jailed for a maximum of five years over his family's secret business dealings at Circular Quay, in an inglorious end to his 20-year political career.
Former Labor Premier Morris Iemma declares it 'a great day for NSW'.
Eddie Obeid is not the first politician to do a stint behind bars, although he is among the oldest.
After 20 years in state Parliament, a string of corruption findings and a criminal trial, Eddie Obeid has been jailed for a maximum of five years for misconduct in public office.
Moses Obeid could not have known his perjury would destroy the Obeid empire, and eventually lead to the jailing of his father.
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