Easton Affair
In 1992, Halden tabled a petition in the Legislative Council in the initial public act of the scandal which became known as the Easton affair.
Investigating Halden's role in the affair was part of the brief of the Marks Royal Commission. Halden was charged with perjury before the Commission and was tried and acquitted in December 1998.
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