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Ken Talbot is the principal shareholder and former CEO of the Macarthur Coal Ltd mining company. Talbot temporarily stood down as the CEO of the Macarthur Group Companies when he become embroiled in a controversy involving loans to controversial Labor MP Gordon Nuttall who was jailed for corruption in July 2009.^[1][2]

On 19 January 2007, the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission charged Talbot with corruptly making payments totaling close to $360,000 to Nuttall^[3].

References

1. ^ "Nuttall jailed for 7 years". ABC News. 17 July 2009. http://abc.com.au/news/stories/2009/07/17/2628812.htm. Retrieved 6 September 2009.  
2. ^ "Gordon Nuttall sentenced to seven years' jail". The Courier-Mail. 17 July 2009. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25795306-5003402,00.html. Retrieved 6 September 2009.  
3. ^ Crime and Misconduct Commission - Media release