Eddie Obeid has been given a five year jail sentence with a three years non-parole for misconduct.
The disgraced former state minister heard the verdict in the New South Wales Supreme Court.
He was found guilty in June of lobbying a senior public servant about lucrative Circular Quay leases without revealing his family's stake in the outlets.
In sentencing, Justice Robert Beech-Jones took into various factors including the 73 year old's health, saying his conduct destroyed public confidence in democratic institutions.
Soon after the sentencing was confirmed, Premier Mike Baird announced he would change the law to ensure Obeid is stripped of his Parliamentary pension, branding his crimes as the most “serious instance of official corruption we have seen in our lifetimes”.
