Former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has never been far from controversy
2009: Mehajer is convicted of possessing or attempting to possess a 'prescribed restricted substance' and of possessing a police uniform. The convictions are later overturned on appeal.
March 2011: Mehajer unsuccessfully runs as an independent member of the Legislative Assembly for Auburn at the NSW state election.
He is subsequently investigated by the Election Funding Authority of New South Wales, which did not take any action against him.
January 2012: Mehajer loses control of his $300,000 Ferrari and injures a mother and daughter in Sydney's west.
He is convicted of negligent driving and sentenced to 150 hours community service. The conviction is later overturned on appeal.
September 2012: Mehajer is elected as an independent councillor for the City of Auburn and later elected to deputy mayor.
February 2013: His construction firm SM Project Developments is forced into liquidation by the ATO over unpaid taxes.
February 2014: A property owned by Mehajer in Lidcombe is damaged by a suspicious fire.
June 2014: He is suspended from civic office for a month by the Division of Local Government for failing to disclose his business and property interests.
The punishment is overturned in December.
August 2015: The then deputy mayor of Auburn marries his partner Aysha in the so-called 'wedding of the century'.
Mehajer is fined $220 by Auburn council over the closure of Frances Street, Lidcombe. A petition is launched to have him sacked over the wedding.
October 2015: Several contractors launch legal action over allegedly unpaid debts, including a stonemason who installed a staircase at his Lidcombe home.
The same month, he is pulled over twice in less than half-an-hour behind the wheel of an allegedly unregistered Ferrari.
September 2015: Mehajer is re-elected as deputy mayor of Auburn, despite the petition demanding his sacking.
October 2015: He reveals that he hopes to one day work his way to 'the top spot' in federal politics.
November 2015: Mehajer announces he wants to study medicine and become a mental health specialist - as he tells fellow councillors he had stood down as director from six of his seven development companies.
The same month, he is forced to defend allegations he intimidated the father of a Lindt Cafe siege survivor.
December 2015: The Australian Federal Police investigate Mehajer over allegations he forged documents to rig the 2012 Auburn City Council election.
January 2016: He is suspended from civic office for four months for failing to
