The review will be conducted by Department of Premier and Cabinet secretary Tim Reardon and will also examine Mr Sidoti's compliance with the ministerial code of conduct. Labor leader Jodi McKay slammed the Premier's response and called for Mr Sidoti to be stood down from the ministry and referred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). "We can have no confidence that this Minister has done the right thing," she said. Late yesterday Ms McKay also referred Mr Sidoti to ICAC, asking the Commissioner Peter Hall to investigate "potentially corrupt behaviour by Minister of the Crown, John Sidoti." Mr Sidoti maintained he had done "nothing wrong" as he was grilled for more than two hours over his property investments at a budget estimates hearing on Thursday morning.

By the end of the first hour, Mr Sidoti responded more than 50 times that he had "complied with my obligations". The committee focused on Mr Sidoti's 10 per cent stake in a property at 38 Cudgegong Road, Rouse Hill, as well as properties owned by him and his parents in Five Dock. NSW Multiculturalism Minister John Sidoti at a budget estimates hearing on Thursday. Credit:Nick Moir He was accused of failing to disclose conflicts of interest in connection with the Rouse Hill property, which is near Tallawong metro station. When pressed by Greens MLC David Shoebridge, Mr Sidoti would not say how he acquired his stake in the property, which increased in value from $4.1 million to $70 million after favourable planning decisions.

"The purchase of that property would have been at the market rate," Mr Sidoti said. "There has been no favourable treatment, Mr Shoebridge, if that is where you are going." Labor's Walt Secord accused the Minister of dodging the question and said his answers "did not pass the pub test". "You have simple question before you: how did you get a 10 per cent share in a piece of property that is worth $70 million," Mr Secord said. "I would know if I got a piece of property how I paid for it." Mr Sidoti repeated he had done "nothing wrong" and had "complied with my obligations". Mr Sidoti was a parliamentary secretary for planning between October 2014 and March 2015 and parliamentary secretary for transport between April 2015 and August 2015.

Mr Shoebridge accused him of failing to disclose in September 2015 that property developer Southern Han had submitted a $70 million development application for the Rouse Hill land. Mr Sidoti responded: "Mr Shoebridge, you're wrong. I comply with all my obligations. "I've always conducted myself with the highest standards of integrity and to suggest that I've used my position in any shape or form to my own benefit is wrong and disingenuous." NSW MPs are required to update their pecuniary interest register twice a year. Mr Sidoti did not disclose his parents' property at 122-124 Great North Road in Five Dock, purchased in December 2017, until September 2018. At the time, Mr Sidoti was cabinet secretary.