Eddie Obeid 'very confident' about ICAC investigations November 18, 2013 - 10:44AM Eddie Obeid fronts ICAC hot seat Corrupt former Labor minister Eddie Obeid tells a journalist to "grow up" as he enters the Independent Commission Against Corruption. PT0M32S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2xq13 620 349 November 18, 2013 - 11:06AM Disgraced former NSW minister Eddie Obeid has told reporters he is "very, very confident" before taking the stand at the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The queues were back outside the corruption watchdog's seventh-floor hearing room in Sydney on Monday and the public gallery was packed out in anticipation of Mr Obeid's fourth witness box appearance in less than two years. The former Labor MP, whom the commission has already branded corrupt, told media he was "very, very confident" about the outcome of three ongoing ICAC operations. Confident: Eddie Obeid arrives at the ICAC inquiry. Asked whether he felt comfortable retaining his "honourable" title - bestowed on him by virtue of his career in parliament - Mr Obeid told one reporter to "grow up." Operation Cyrus is focused on whether Mr Obeid "misused his position as an MP to attempt to influence other public officials" between 2000 and 2011 over lucrative retail leases at Circular Quay in which his family had hidden interests, the ICAC says. Operation Cabot is examining whether Mr Obeid used his political muscle to have a generous water licence, several times larger than recommended by authorities, granted over a Bylong Valley property his family owned. The third ICAC operation, Meeka, is looking at allegations the fallen Labor kingmaker lobbied parliamentary colleagues and public servants to make decisions favourable to a staff management company in which he had secret financial interests.