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NAOMI WHITE CONSTRUCTION has started on Wild Life Sydney Zoo's new attrac- tion, but no one can dig near furry reman Ringo's enclosure with- out getting his all clear. The zoo's resident star wombat joined keepers Melissa Retamales and Emily De Palo to explore the work site. which soon will host the zoo's Wild Flight attraction. The Wild Flight area will give thrill-seeking visitors an aerial view of crocodiles, kangaroos and, of course, Ringo, from the zoo's tree tops, dangling in a harness 12 metres above the enclosures as they pull themselves along the 70- metre course, which is scheduled to open on June 27. Angry miner accuses ICAC ANDREW CLENNELL ONE of the Cascade Coal directors found corrupt by ICAC over a deal with the Obeid family on a mining tender has claimed there are allega- tions before the Inspector of ICAC that the corruption watchdog itself had acted illegally. Cascade Coal director John Mc- Guigan, who called for a "full judicial inquiry into ICAC" in an address at the Sydney Mining Club yesterday, was joined by bosses of Nucoal - who also complained at their treat- ment by the corruption commission. The mining company chiefs ar- gued 97 per cent of N ucoal share- holders were not directors at the time the Doyles Creek training mine deal was found corrupt by ICAC and, as such, they should not have had the li- cence cancelled on them. Nucoal managing director Glen Lewis compared the situation to the treatment of the Yarrawa mining tene- ment, which ICAC found had a secret Obeid family interest. However, it did not have its licence cancelled on ICAC's recommen- dation because of possible effects on "innocent shareholders". "Numerous submissions have been made by affected parties to the ICAC Inspector in relation to the conduct of recent inquiries," Mr McGuigan said. "I understand these submissions in- clude allegations of extreme gravity in relation to the way in which the in- quiries have been conducted such as the planting of critical evidence, the inducement of false testimony, threats to witnesses and deals with witnesses, the obtaining of evidence illegally." Mr McGuigan maintained there was no corrupt conduct in the deal be- tween the family of rmer NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid and Cas- cade as it was only done because the Obeid family owned the land which the mining tenement was on. He called for a "full public judicial inquiry" into the recent ICAC hearings. Former ICAC commissioner David lpp said yesterday Mr McGuigan's comments were "not worthy of reply" while a spokeswoman for ICAC Com- missioner Megan Latham declined to comment.
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NAOMI WHITE
CONSTRUCTION has started on Wild Life Sydney Zoo's new attraction, but no one can dig near furry foreman Ringo's enclosure without getting his all clear.
The zoo's resident star wombat joined keepers Melissa Retamales and Emily De Palo to explore the
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work site. which soon will host the zoo's Wild Flight attraction.
The Wild Flight area will give thrill-seeking visitors an aerial view of crocodiles, kangaroos and, of course, Ringo, from the zoo's tree tops, dangling in a harness 12 metres above the enclosures as they pull themselves along the 70-metre course, which is scheduled to open on June 27.
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Angry miner accuses ICAC ANDREW CLENNELL
ONE of the Cascade Coal directors found corrupt by ICAC over a deal with the Obeid family on a mining tender has claimed there are allegations before the Inspector of ICAC that the corruption watchdog itself had acted illegally.
Cascade Coal director John McGuigan, who called for a "full judicial inquiry into ICAC" in an address at the Sydney Mining Club yesterday, was joined by bosses of Nucoal -who also complained at their treatment by the corruption commission.
The mining company chiefs argued 97 per cent of N ucoal shareholders were not directors at the time the Doyles Creek training mine deal was found corrupt by ICAC and, as such, they should not have had the licence cancelled on them.
Nucoal managing director Glen Lewis compared the situation to the treatment of the Yarrawa mining tenement, which ICAC found had a secret Obeid family interest.
However, it did not have its licence
cancelled on ICAC's recommendation because of possible effects on "innocent shareholders".
"Numerous submissions have been made by affected parties to the ICAC Inspector in relation to the conduct of recent inquiries," Mr McGuigan said. "I understand these submissions include allegations of extreme gravity in relation to the way in which the inquiries have been conducted such as the planting of critical evidence, the inducement of false testimony, threats to witnesses and deals with witnesses, the obtaining of evidence illegally."
Mr McGuigan maintained there was no corrupt conduct in the deal between the family of former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid and Cascade as it was only done because the Obeid family owned the land which the mining tenement was on.
He called for a "full public judicial inquiry" into the recent ICAC hearings.
Former ICAC commissioner David lpp said yesterday Mr McGuigan's comments were "not worthy of reply" while a spokeswoman for ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham declined to comment.
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