BIZARRE: Icac - You Need To See This

'Rotten apples': how ICAC undid the Liberal Party

Expletive-ridden wire taps, dirt dossiers, secret plots to oust and install politicians and promises of money have all featured in a 10-week corruption probe.

AAP · Oct 2

Blackmail, ‘mafia boys’ and rants from a Beirut bedroom – after 10 weeks of theatre what might Icac deliver?

You could be forgiven for thinking the inquiry has been a bit of a damp squib. But high-profile resignations are not the only measure of Icac’s success

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29

Spy gear and Every Breath You Take: councillor who had mayor surveilled made jokes about it, Icac hears

Sharangan Maheswaran tells inquiry he hired a private investigator to surveil a former mayor of Strathfield

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29

‘Oh shit’: Labor councillor who attended 2021 Liberal fundraiser was worried about potential Icac inquiry, Icac hears

Texts reveal Sharangan Maheswaran had ‘an explanation ready’ but was worried about picture taken with future premier prompted by ‘dumb’ Christian Ellis

The Guardian - AU · Sep 21

‘We have something that will kill Elliott’: Icac questions former Labor councillor over message

Sharangan Maheswaran denies message he received about NSW minister was related to work for fugitive property developer

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18

Rogue developer lied in evidence, former lawyer claims

The former lawyer for a fugitive developer at the centre of a corruption probe has claimed his client had lied while giving evidence.

AAP · Sep 18

Sydney real estate agent tells Icac his statement was written with ChatGPT not by Labor councillor

Mohammad Abedin denies statement was written by a former Labor councillor under investigation for allegedly blackmailing a colleague, inquiry hears

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17

‘It’s how Jean does business’: fugitive developer left Jeremy Greenwood ‘high and dry’, Icac hears

Greenwood denies that invoices for almost $1m sent in a single day in September 2021 were ‘bogus accounts’ to cover up political donations

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16

‘Mafia boys’ and ‘corrupt politicians’: fugitive developer Jean Nassif rants to Icac from Beirut bedroom

Nassif declares ‘I’m not corrupt’, threatens to pull out of evidence and waves handwritten notes at counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15

Fugitive developer brags about holding 52% of NSW government’s power in tapped call played to Icac

Jean Nassif tells inquiry his statements were ‘all talk’ borne from frustration with former building commissioner David Chandler and 2GB radio shockjock Ray Hadley

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14