...HousekeepingKarkowski was prepared to make deals with developers, such as supplying them with information, even sneaking into council offices to take reports from desks and photocopy them. He read the contents of an objection over the phone to a developer and told him who had made the objection. He advised him to fax a photo of a house that had been completed, other than the one in question, so Karkowski could get an occupation certificate from the council officer handling the application.He knowingly allowed a restaurant to start trading before an occupation certificate had been issued and helped business people prepare applications for liquor licences to avoid lawyers' fees.Karkowski backdated an amended construction certificate for Bennelong Fund Management Pty Ltd, to cover for the fact that construction work done before any approval had been given. He wrote a report on a modification under Bennelong's letterhead and put down that the author was the general manager, projects, for the company, David Tasker
