John Woodman and former Casey councillor Sameh Aziz launch colourful defence to watchdog findings
tabled in parliament last week found Aziz and another former councillor, Geoff Ablett, accepted almost $1.2m in payments to promote the interests of Woodman and his clients.
Beyond the council, Woodman also donated more than $470,000 to the Labor and Liberal parties between 2010 and 2019, and to the election campaigns of three Labor MPs.Woodman called the findings “302 pages of lies, half truths and hoax” and was frustrated the commission did not include his lengthy submission in its final report.
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