Corruption ‘cannot be ruled out’ in controversial Sydney land deal
The NSW Auditor-General Margaret Crawford has found misconduct or corruption cannot be ruled out in the state government’s controversial purchase of a highly contaminated parcel of land at Camellia near Parramatta for a multibillion-dollar light rail project.
It was concluded that Transport for NSW carried out an “ineffective process” by failing to formally value the six-hectare site at Camellia, and assessing the cost of cleaning the land up, before buying it.
Taxpayers are now on the hook for an extra $107 million to clean up the site.