547:(ICAC) found in December 2011 that Watkins acted corruptly. His sacking came after he had been stood down in March 2011 from his Chief Executive position in the NSW Public Service. The week prior to being sacked from the NSW Public Service, Watkins resigned his appointments as Surveyor-General, Registrar-General and Commissioner of the Soil Conservation Service. Had Watkins not resigned as Surveyor-General prior to being dismissed from the NSW Public Service, he would have become the first ever Surveyor-General sacked. Following ICAC's findings, Watkins faced criminal charges in the
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where it was reported he could have received 10 years imprisonment. Two of the charges were dismissed by the Court and in
December 2013, Watkins was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond for the further two charges of misleading ICAC, to which he had pleaded guilty. On 23 October 2014, the
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conferred on Grant the degree of Doctor of
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in June 1994 in recognition of service to surveying. Grant has also been awarded three honorary doctorate degrees from
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that Mitchell changed his recollections of the account. The site of the massacre was named
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enquiry, the incident tarnished his reputation for the rest of his career.
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is the primary government authority responsible for land and mining
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