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ICAC finds Masons and Foster acted corruptly in Wagonga land deals

By Chris Graham, September 27, 2012
TOP L-R: Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari, Rod Medich, Vanessa Mason. BOTTOM L-R: Ken "KJ" Foster, Ron Mason Snr, Vivienne Mason.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Three former members of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council have been found to have corruptly accepted cash payments in exchange for trying to push through dodgy land deals in the NSW south coast town of Narooma.

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Medich ‘ordered visit’ to McGurk widow

By Tracker, August 17, 2012
Ron Medich (AAP IMAGE)

NATIONAL: Ron Medich paid $100,000 to have someone visit the widow of murdered Sydney businessman Michael McGurk and pressure her into paying out her late husband’s debts, court papers show.

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Former Wagonga LALC chair interviewed hitman for McGurk job, court hears

By Chris Graham, August 2, 2012
Ron Mason Snr, the head of the large Mason family from the Far South Coast. He has denied allegations he received cash bribes worth around $38,000, including a $12,000 car. Mr Mason Snr also claimed cash he recieved was for work he completed for Lucky Gattellari, although he conceded he had a clear conflict of interest. He has since been named as someone who interviewed a potential hitman to murder Sydney businessman Michael McGurk in 2009.

NATIONAL: Ron Mason, the former chair of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council, helped interview a prospective hitman to murder wealthy businessman Michael McGurk, a Sydney court has heard.

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Gattellari pleads guilty in McGurk case

By Tracker, August 1, 2012
Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari.

NEW SOUTH WALES: One of the men charged over the murder of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk has pleaded guilty.

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“Significant” developments in Medich case

By Tracker, July 23, 2012
Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The murder case against property tycoon Ron Medich has been adjourned once again but lawyers say there have been “significant developments” in the cases of his four co-accused.

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Ron Medich denies bribing NSW land council

By Tracker, March 2, 2012
A file photo of property developer Ron Medich. He is a key figure in ICAC investigations into development dealings with Wagonga LALC. (AAP Image/Paul Miller)

NEW SOUTH WALES: Property developer Ron Medich has denied bribing an Aboriginal land council to obtain prime real estate at less than market value.

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Wagonga LALC deals “favourable” to Lucky

By Tracker, March 1, 2012
The Independent Commission Against Corruption is inquiring into allege corrupt dealings between developers and the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council. Pictured fro left are developers Ron Medich and Fortunato 'Lucky' Gattellari, and Lucky's driver Senad Kaminic.

NEW SOUTH WALES: The chair of an Aboriginal land council accused of taking bribes from property developers pushed their scheme to develop prime land on the NSW south coast even after it was shot down for lack of consultation.

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Land council family advantaged themselves, ICAC hears

By Tracker, February 29, 2012
INSET PICS: Vanessa Mason, current CEO of the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council, and her father Ron Mason, former Chair. They're facing allegations of corruption over a series of land dealings since 2005.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Ron Mason chaired an Aboriginal land council stacked with his family members and received payments from property developers ready to buy prime real estate at well below market value, a corruption inquiry has heard.

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LALC allegedly received $130,000 in benefits: ICAC

By Chris Graham, February 28, 2012
The Independent Commission Against Corruption is inquiring into allege corrupt dealings between developers and the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council. Pictured fro left are developers Ron Medich and Fortunato 'Lucky' Gattellari, and Lucky's driver Senad Kaminic.

NEW SOUTH WALES: Senior figures within the Wagonga Local Aboriginal Land Council were prepared to sacrifice millions of dollars in benefits to their members in exchange for small cash payments, a corruption hearing in Sydney has heard.

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I didn’t think I broke the law: Gattellari

By Tracker, February 27, 2012

NEW SOUTH WALES: Accused murderer Lucky Gattellari never thought he was breaking the law when he paid two land council members thousands of dollars during negotiations over prime properties on the NSW south coast.

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