Corrupt former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid on Thursday dared the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to lay charges after he Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) delivered a damning assessment of his dealings with residential leases at Circular Quay.
Attorney-General Brad Hazzard called Mr Obeid's comments arrogant and said the government would do all it could to make sure he faced justice.
"It doesn't matter what your political background, how wealthy, how poor. We are determined the ICAC will actually see prosecutions," he told ABC radio on Friday.
"(That) the community may lose confidence in ICAC, may lose confidence in the legal system is a huge problem."
The DPP has been given extra resources to compile evidence against the many strands of Obeid Inc.
Mr Hazzard said the law was complex when it came to dealing with ICAC findings.
"What we're seeing is perhaps it doesn't work as well as it should and that's one of our highest priorities," he said.
"As a new premier he's (Mike Baird) told me very clearly, `your job is to get there and try to work out how this can be done ... address whatever shortcomings there are'," Mr Hazzard said.
On Thursday Mr Obeid likened ICAC to a Hollywood production and said he thought there was a "one per cent" chance of the DPP bringing a case against him.
The ICAC's latest corruption finding is not the first for Mr Obeid.
He was similarly dismissive of former ICAC commissioner David Ipp's damning assessment of controversial Bylong Valley coal venture in Operation Jasper last July.
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