[9] In 2019 the high profile cracks in Opal Tower (Sydney) were blamed on both cost controls to maximise profit[10][11][12] and the originating corruption involving the standards[13] that led to strengthening of the regulatory regime through Building and Development Certifiers Act 2018.
[16] The case involved former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian and former member of NSW Parliament for Wagga Wagga Daryl Maguire, who did not disclose their close personal relationship despite Berejiklian being involved in approving public grants advanced by Maguire for his electorate giving rise to conflicts of interests.
[19][26] In 2014, Barry O'Farrell, the premier of New South Wales, accepted a $3,000 bottle of Penfolds Grange wine from Nick Di Girolamo, a chief executive of Australian Water Holdings (AWH).
O'Farrell failed to disclose the gift, which is required by law in the state of New South Wales to prevent corruption.
In 2013, ICAC found that Eddie Obeid lobbied his friend Steve Dunn to secure favourable leasing conditions for cafes at Circular Quay, Sydney.
The investigation also found that Eddie Obeid used his position as Government MP to alter mining tenements in the Bylong Valley.