Former Labor minister Ian Macdonald charged over Obeids' $30 million coal deal

By Michaela Whitbourn and Kate McClymont
Updated August 23 2016 - 9:13pm, first published 7:44pm
Secrets revealed: Ex-NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald charged over lucrative coal deal. Photo:  Nic Walker
Secrets revealed: Ex-NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald charged over lucrative coal deal. Photo: Nic Walker

He fought to keep criminal charges against him secret but former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald has been revealed as the second Labor identity charged over a multimillion-dollar coal deal at the centre of an explosive corruption inquiry.

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