Former Bayside mayor Bill Saravinovski faces allegations that he gave confidential council documents to a property developer, part of three accusations he provided misleading evidence to the state’s corruption watchdog.

After spending 40 years as a Labor councillor on Rockdale and Bayside councils, Saravinovski faced the local court in the John Maddison Tower for the first time on Thursday over criminal allegations brought by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

In August, the corruption watchdog revealed it had probed allegations Saravinovski had breached his duties as a public official by sharing confidential information with property developers, and that he had supported an unsolicited development proposal by a developer around August 2017.

While those matters were n

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