Guardian: Two members of the Obeid family are facing legal action in the federal court over alleged rigging of the tender for the Mount Penny coal exploration licence in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales.
Moses and Paul Obeid, sons of the former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid, and three prominent businessmen are the target of civil proceedings launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
The action follows Icacs findings in 2013 that the process to grant exploration...