Salim Mehajer
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Salim Mehajer (born 12 June 1986) is an Australian-convicted criminal, land developer, and former councillor of Auburn City Council.
Mehajer was declared bankrupt in March 2018 and sentenced to 21 months in prison in April 2018 for non-parole service.
Political career
Mehajer ran as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly for Auburn at the 2011 New South Wales state election. He was subsequently investigated by the Election Funding Authority of New South Wales for failing to declare electoral spending and political donations but, as he was not elected, no action was taken against him.
He was elected as an independent councillor for the City of Auburn in 2011, and was subsequently elected as deputy mayor. In 2014, the Division of Local Government conducted an investigation into Mehajer's pecuniary interests and suspended him from civic office for a month for failing to disclose his business and property interests.
In September 2015, Mehajer faced accusations of conflict of interest in decisions made by the local council. The New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal ordered Mehajer to be suspended for four months for his failure to disclose financial interests.
Mehajer appeared on Nine News in October 2015 with his wife, and from a lectern gave an interview with a reporter. In the interview, he said "I would like to start off by being in state, federal and I'd like to make my way up to the very top spot. That would [be] my dream come true" and denied claims that he was part of a group of six councillors who were accused of banding together to push through development applications. Reaction to the interview ranged from it being called a "bizarre stage-managed spectacle" by The Huffington Post, to criticism from radio host Ray Hadley in an interview with the Today show's host Karl Stefanovic.
The suspension of the deputy mayor was overturned on appeal in February 2016, however the entire council had been suspended by this time.
The NSW Government later suspended the entire Sydney's Auburn City Council in February 2016 and appointed an administrator while a public inquiry examined the allegations of councillors misusing their positions. The appointed administrator scrapped two major developments which could benefit Mehajer.
Auburn City Council was abolished on 12 May 2016 by the NSW Government. Parts of Auburn City Council (south of the M4 Western Motorway) and Parramatta City Council (Woodville Ward), and Holroyd City Council merged to form the Cumberland Council as a new local government area. The remainder of the Auburn City Council area north of the M4 Western Motorway (including Sydney Olympic Park) was merged into the City of Parramatta Council.
A later public enquiry, held in November 2016, found no adverse findings against Mehajer or Sydney's Auburn City Council in regard to his development applications. The minister believed that this was due to the limited powers of the inquiry and referred the matter to the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
On 14 November 2017, Mehajer pleaded guilty of failing to declare political donations and was fined $3,300 and ordered to pay costs of $3,487.
After an ongoing investigation by the Australian Electoral Commission, on 15 June 2017, Mehajer was charged with over 100 electoral fraud offences along with his sister, Fatima, while he was the deputy Mayor of Auburn. Fatima pleaded guilty to 77 counts of giving false or misleading information to the Australian Electoral Commission. In April 2018, he was found guilty of electoral fraud and was sentenced on 22 June 2018 to 21 months in prison with a non-parole period of 11 months. Mehajer began to appeal the length of the non-parole period, but abandoned the appeal in February 2019 when the judge said she would consider an application from the Crown for a higher sentence.