Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. The outcomes that Mr Sidoti wanted those councillors to deliver were entirely directed to his private interest in increasing the development potential of his familys growing number of properties in and around the town centre. The commission heard extracts of one letter he sent to then planning minister Pru Goward in October 2014, declaring his parents owned properties in Five Dock and that he should be excluded from related correspondence. The MP has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, insisting that he was representing consitutents and shopkeepers of Five Dock in his efforts to achieve rezoning as part of a town centre redesign. "I'm there to get re-elected at the next election through all the representations for my community, that's what that means," he told the commission. ICAC will hold a public inquiry into Drummoyne MP John Sidoti.Credit: Nick Moir. NSW Sports Minister John Sidoti has laughed off any potential bid from Queensland to host the NRL Grand Final, . At all times, Mr Sidoti represented to the Liberal councillors who could vote on the matter that he was acting on behalf of their shared constituents either unnamed and unspecified shopkeepers who wanted the town centre expanded to include the Waterview Street block, or landowners in the Waterview Street block when the Commission has found that the outcomes he was pursuing were directed to the pursuit of his familys property interests. Public inquiry into allegations concerning John Sidoti MP to be re 8. The Commission is satisfied that the evidence establishes that Mr Sidoti failed to declare his interest in real property situated at 120 Great North Road, Five Dock, from the time he entered Parliament in March 2011 until 4 April 2017, contrary to his obligation to do so under the Members Code of Conduct and the Ministerial Code. ICAC will probe allegations Mr Sidoti improperly used his influence to advance developments around Five Dock, in Sydney's inner-west, between 2011 and 2018. First published on Wed 20 Jul 2022 00.45 EDT Former New South Wales Liberal minister John Sidoti has said he will fight to clear his name after being found to have engaged in "serious corrupt. It came on the day NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced she was resigning after becoming the subject of a separate ICAC investigation. Let [ICAC] do their job and then well comment at a further stage, he said. The former minister, stood down in September 2019, denies the accusations. Everything went through the eyes of people far smarter and experienced than I.. John Sidoti MP We are very reasonable and . Mr (John) Anthony John SIDOTI (1970 - ) Place of Birth: Australia Parliamentary Service Political Party Activity LGC President, Drummoyne Branch of the Liberal Party. It had emerged in hearings this week that Mr Haron did not write the document, which was allegedly drafted by Mr Sidotis sister Lisa Anderson and her husband David. The Commission found that in this communication, Mr Sidoti was attempting to get the councillors to form a united voting position that challenged the council staff s recommendation to endorse it, was attempting to use his position and influence as a member of Parliament and the local member to interfere with the councillors independence, and he had an undisclosed private interest in achieving an increase to the recommended FSR for the town centre that he wanted to persuade the councillors to adopt and advance.