Clark could be jailed after being found guilty of pilfering more than $1 million from Indigenous community organisations to pay off ballooning personal debt.
Disgraced Aboriginal leader Geoff Clark is facing jail time for pilfering more than $1 million from Indigenous community organisations to pay off ballooning personal legal fees and living expenses over more than a decade.
The pair sat shoulder to shoulder in the dock of the court on Wednesday as details of their offending were laid out. He was also found guilty of pocketing rental money meant for community coffers and the financial benefits of an eel licence, while also using community money to pay rates and electricity bills for his properties near Warrnambool and Halls Gap.
Clark was found not guilty – or the charges were discontinued – of 13 other alleged offences. A suppression order was lifted last month, meaning the details of those trials can now be reported.The 51-year-old, from Fitzroy, also pleaded guilty to a single charge of dishonestly obtaining $10,000 from the Commonwealth to build his younger brother, Aaron Clark, a home office in Ballarat in 2009. The money has since been repaid.
Clark also experienced racism and questions around his Aboriginality from a young age, Kenny said, which permeated much of his adult life but also inspired him to become politically active.
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