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Sydney Morning Herald on 2019-02-25 00:14

Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and union friend John Maitland's convictions thrown out

The NSW Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial over the granting of a lucrative mining licence while Mr Macdonald held the minerals portfolio in 2008.

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