Councillors accepted bags of cash from property developer, ICAC told | MeganGorrey
A Sydney councillor accepted bags filled with a combined $170,000 in cash from a property developer in return for his “help” regarding two multimillion-dollar developments in Hurstville, a corruption inquiry has heard.
It is also examining whether the three former councillors failed to declare, or properly manage, any conflict of interest arising from their relationships with Uy, Liu and Liu.In her opening remarks to the inquiry on Tuesday, counsel assisting the commission, Zelie Heger, said the five-week probe would concentrate on planning applications for a block of 75 units on Treacy Street in Hurstville, and the Landmark Square development comprising 357 apartments, a 200-room hotel and a supermarket.
Badalati said Uy met him on Paterson Avenue in Kingsgrove and handed him a shopping bag filled with $100 notes sometime in 2015 – the same year the development was approved by a regional planning panel.“From his boot, he got a bag out and gave it to me. He said, this is for your help on Treacy Street. I was surprised. I said ‘why?’ And he said ‘just take it’.
“He opened his boot and gave us two bags each. [He said] ‘Thank you for your assistance on Landmark’.
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