meeting, by soliciting the services of a woman as a reward for arranging the meeting. The Commission also found that Macdonald acted contrary to his public duty as a minister of the Crown by arranging for the creation of the Mount Penny tenement to benefit members of the Obeid family, and that he acted contrary to his public duty as a minister of the Crown by providing members of the Obeid family with confidential information that was to their benefit. Further, the Commission found that Macdonald acted corruptly by deciding to reopen the expressions of interest process for mining exploration licences in order to favour Travers Duncan, and by providing him with confidential information. The Commission recommended that the above matters be referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with respect to prosecuting Macdonald. On reviewing the evidence before the Commission of the financial benefits accrued to the Obeid family, the ICAC provided relevant information to the NSW Crime Commission for such action as it deems appropriate, and the ICAC also disseminated relevant information to the Australian Taxation Office for appropriate action. Macdonald vowed to launch a court challenge against the corruption findings made against him by the Independent Commission Against Corruption. One month later, the ICAC made further findings that Macdonald engaged in corrupt conduct by acting contrary to his duty as a minister of the Crown in granting consent to Doyles Creek Mining Pty Ltd to apply for a coal exploration licence at Doyles Creek and by granting the exploration licence to the company, both grants being substantially for the purpose of benefiting John Maitland, a former official of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. The Commission found that, but for that purpose, Macdonald would not have made those grants. In January 2014, the Premier, Barry O'Farrell, announced that the Liberal/National government would introduce legislation into Parliament to cancel the exploration licences for Doyles Creek, Mount Penny and Glendon Brook. The Commission also made findings of corrupt conduct by Obeid and his son, Moses Obeid, John Maitland, and others. Criminal charges and findings In November 2014 the ICAC announced that Macdonald will be prosecuted by the DPP for the offence of misconduct in public office for corruptly issuing of lucrative mining licences at Doyles Creek in the Hunter Valley. Macdonald was also prosecuted "for two counts of being an accessory before the fact to misconduct in