Mike Baird's next test: axing super for criminal MPs

By Sean Nicholls
Updated December 10 2016 - 5:08pm, first published December 9 2016 - 12:00am
Mike Baird has sought advice about stripping MPs convicted on criminal charges of their superannuation Photo: Jessica Hromas
Mike Baird has sought advice about stripping MPs convicted on criminal charges of their superannuation Photo: Jessica Hromas
Former ALP minister Eddie Obeid was found guilty in June of lobbying a public servant in 2008. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Former ALP minister Eddie Obeid was found guilty in June of lobbying a public servant in 2008. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Former Labor politician Ian Macdonald was charged after leaving Parliament with misconduct in public office. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Former Labor politician Ian Macdonald was charged after leaving Parliament with misconduct in public office. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Liberal Chris Hartcher faces potential criminal charges stemming from ICAC's Operation Spicer. Photo: Daniel Munoz
Liberal Chris Hartcher faces potential criminal charges stemming from ICAC's Operation Spicer. Photo: Daniel Munoz

Next week's sentencing of Edward Moses Obeid for misconduct in public office will be a moment of catharsis for the people of NSW who watched, appalled, as the former Labor minister's misdeeds were laid bare at the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

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