Notorious Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid is jailed AGAIN for three years - and his son and a former NSW minister are locked up too - over mining conspiracy Former labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid sentenced to jail for 3 years & 10 months Moses Obeid, 52, was also sentenced to at least three years in jail on Thursday By Miriah Davis For Daily Mail Australia and Australian Associated Press Published: 05:57 BST, 21 October 2021 | Updated: 06:04 BST, 21 October 2021 Viewcomments Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and former Labor minister Ian McDonald have each been jailed for conspiracy charges. NSW Supreme Court judge Justice Elizabeth Fullerton took into account the men's age and media scrutiny when sentencing the three men on Thursday. Former Labor powerbroker, Eddie Obeid, 77, was sentenced to at least three years and 10 months behind bars over a rigged tender for a coal exploration licence. His former ministerial colleague Ian Macdonald, 72, was jailed for at least five years and three months, while his son Moses Obeid, 52, was jailed for three years. The then resources minister was found to have breached his duties by providing confidential information to the Obeids over a coal exploration licence which delivered a $30 million windfall to their family. Former NSW Labor powerbroker, Eddie Obeid, 77 (pictured), arrived at the Supreme Court in Darlinghurst, Sydney for sentencing on Thursday Justice Elizabeth Fullerton found each was aware of Macdonald's actions in establishing and granting the licence over the Obeids' family property at Mount Penny, in the Bylong Valley near Mudgee, for the family's financial benefit. The three men have been on bail since their arrest in 2015. Justice Fullerton, who conducted their marathon Supreme Court trial without a jury, is due to sentence them on Thursday afternoon. Mr Obeid's son Moses, 52, faced sentencing for misconduct on Thursday (pictured) At their sentence hearing in September, the prosecutor ranked Eddie Obeid's criminality as worse than that of his previous misconduct conviction. That offence, related to Circular Quay leases linked to his family's business while Obeid was a NSW minister, led to three years behind bars and two on parole. His barrister submitted the judge needed to be sure Obeid had influenced or exerted control on his fellow conspirators before finding his moral culpability was worse than his son's. But the prosecutor contended that while Moses Obeid played a more active role in the conspiracy, effectively doing the legwork, his father had a higher moral culpability due to his position as an MP. Macdonald's barrister submitted his client suffered serious health issues such as chronic constipation and prior treatments including high doses of laxatives caused incontinence, making his time if jailed more onerous. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility