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1 even in the council chamber.
2 Q. 286 You say that at the time you found such allegations utterly incredible. Is
3 that correct?
4 A. Yeah.
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5 Q. 287 Is this still your view?
6 A. That they were incredible?
7 Q. 288 Yes.
8 A. I know them to be true now.
9 Q. 289 Going on. You went on to say that.
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11 "You were also aware at that time of the almost total public opposition to any
12 land use change and you thought that media comment was probably reflecting the
13 general public view that almost the only possible explanation for any land use
14 change was a corrupt one."
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16 Is that still your view?
17 A. That is my view, yeah. At the time.
18 Q. 290 That was your view at the time?
19 A. Yes.
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20 Q. 291 But it's not your view now, I take it?
21 A. Well, I think the media comment now would not reflect that. I think people
22 recognise that there is a need for land use changes.
23 Q. 292 But in hindsight, that media comment and possible corruption which you felt at
24 the time was untrue, do you know accept that it possibly was in fact true and
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25 that there was a basis for it?
26 A. Oh, absolutely, yes. Clearly.
27 Q. 293 Now, at 1549. You say that.
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29 "Frank Dunlop lobbied object on behalf of a number of developers in the course
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