[1] McCloy campaigned for the removal the rail line through the centre of Newcastle and, despite being nominally an independent, supported Liberal candidates in the Council ward elections.
[4] McCloy opposed rainbow crossings in support of Gay rights, referring to them as "nonsense", and used council resources to remove them, despite claims they did not breach any laws.
He said his resignation was due to ongoing controversy over his appearance before the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which he said "may effect [sic] the proper functioning" of Newcastle City Council.The subsequent by-election was won by Nuatali Nelmes.
[8] In 2015, McCloy's attempts to overturn part of a New South Wales Act of Parliament, enacted to prevent developers from making political donations, were rejected by the High Court of Australia.
It was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald[15] that Cardiff vet Andrew Cornwell was in the middle of an operation on a dog when he was summoned outside by McCloy.
[16] Listed in the 'Principal Factual Findings made by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption in regards to Operation Spicer are the below references to Jeff McCloy.
Finding Reference Group 1 Correlation with Development: Craig Baumann held the seat of Port Stephens in the NSW Parliament from 2007 to 2015.
McCloy Group has developments within the Port Stephens state seat areas including The Bower (Medowie, NSW) and Potter's Lane (Raymond Terrace, NSW) Finding Reference Group 2: Regarding The State Seat of Newcastle Quote page 20 of the commission's report: "In about February 2011, Jeffrey McCloy gave Hugh Thomson $10,000 in cash as a political donation to fund Mr Owen’s 2011 election campaign for the seat of Newcastle with the intention of evading the Election Funding Act laws relating to the ban on the making of political donations by property developers and the applicable cap on political donations.
Both sites will benefit significantly from the highly controversial Newcastle Transport Interchange and Light Rail due for completion in 2019, a major infrastructure project implemented by the NSW Liberal state government.