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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Jeanclaude perrottet - What They Never Told You

Political lobbyists, NSW Liberals and a fugitive developer are facing corruption allegations. Here’s what you need to know

Anti-corruption body examining allegations Liberal figures accepted donations to recruit members and also received money from fugitive Toplace developer Jean Nassif

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Liberals scramble as factional heavyweight quits job

Donations and branch-stacking allegations tied to a fugitive developer have left a Liberal leader facing questions of integrity ahead of state elections.

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NSW Liberal MP reportedly raided by ICAC

The NSW premier has confirmed the corruption watchdog is investigating a northwest Sydney council following reports Liberal MP was raided by its officers.

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NSW Labor will hold off on Hills Shire council inquiry ‘at request of Icac’

Premier says government will not proceed with public inquiry as it could affect investigation being conducted by commission

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ICAC launches investigation into Sydney's Hill Shire Council over alleged impropriety

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has asked the government not to proceed with any inquiries into the Hills Shire Council while it investigates claims a property developer cut deals with Liberal Party members.

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NSW premier's brother Jean-Claude Perrottet back in Sydney after evading Hills Shire Council inquiry

Jean-Claude Perrottet is filmed by Channel Nine in Sydney but did not explain where exactly overseas he had been during the inquiry hearings.

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‘Book should be thrown at’ branch stackers: Perrottet

Dominic Perrottet says the book should be thrown at Liberal branch stackers, as one of his federal colleagues says bully boys are derailing his campaign.

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Dominic Perrottet backtracks on Hills Shire Council inquiry

The NSW premier says the state executive of the Liberal Party is looking at investigations of impropriety "as we speak" after previously labelling the inquiry a political game which targeted his family.

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NSW parliament dissolves ahead of March 25 election

The NSW parliament has been officially dissolved ahead of a general election in just over three weeks time, leaving the state in 'caretaker mode'.

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Dominic Perrottet's brother Jean-Claude overseas, refuses to attend Hills Shire Council inquiry

A NSW parliamentary inquiry is told that Liberal party figures Christian Ellis and Jean-Claude Perrottet, the premier's brother, sought out a $50,000 payment from a businessman as part of an effort to unseat the party's centre right factional powerbroker Alex Hawke.

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NSW Labor to ban dangerous benchtops if it wins poll

As the NSW coalition government spruiks its plan for a supply chain commissioner, Labor has promised to ban manufactured stone with high silica concentrations.

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Plans for ‘colossal structures’ in Hills shire area stunned ex-deputy mayor, NSW inquiry hears

Alan Haselden tells inquiry he had a ‘wow moment’ during meeting with Jean Nassif, the owner of developer Toplace

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Hills Shire Council inquiry sees server travel thousands of kilometres to track down Liberals

Despite the long journey, Liberal factional figure Jean-Claude Perrottet, former Liberal state executive member Christian Ellis and his mother, Hills Shire Councillor and political staffer Virginia Ellis, cannot be found.

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NSW inquiry resumes amid search for Liberal trio

As a trio of Liberals stay out of sight of private process servers, another witness will appear before an inquiry into alleged impropriety on a Sydney council.

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Contractors travel 1,900km in search of NSW inquiry witnesses, including Dominic Perrottet’s brother

Process servers have been unable to find three Liberal party members identified by the parliamentary investigation

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Inquiry's servers detail search for Liberal members

The wife of a Liberal member being sought by a NSW parliamentary inquiry appeared nervous and evasive when denying she knew where he was, process servers say.

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Perrottet pledges $10m to boost religious safety

Dominic Perrottet says $10 million will be spent on boosting safety at religious schools and community centres if his party wins at the state election.

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Premier Dominic Perrottet's brother Charles refuses to front NSW parliamentary inquiry

Premier Dominic Perrottet's brother confirms he will not front a parliamentary inquiry into Sydney's Hills Shire Council, calling it a "Labor/Greens circus".

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Hills Shire inquiry a 'circus': NSW premier's brother

Dominic Perrottet's brother has rejected calls to answer questions at a NSW inquiry, days after the premier told reporters to "Leave my family out of it".

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‘Leave my family out of it’: Dominic Perrottet angered by NSW inquiry over allegations made against his brother

Upper house probe heard claim that Jean-Claude Perrottet sought $50,000 to fund branch stacking

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Leave my family out of it: Perrottet lashes out

Dominic Perrottet has told journalists to "leave my family out of it" as he faced repeated questions over the whereabouts of his brother.

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Afternoon Update: RBA boss defends job at Senate grilling; public school enrolments drop; and a sit-down with Lidia Thorpe

Philip Lowe tells Senate estimates interest rates will continue to rise, ‘but how far they need to go, we’re still unsure’

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Firm engaged to find Dominic Perrottet's brothers summoned to Hills Shire Council inquiry

The chair of a committee investigating allegations of impropriety at a Sydney council says it appears Jean-Claude and Charles Perrottet are avoiding being called as witnesses.

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Inquiry laments 'non-co-operation' of Perrottet brother

A local councillor and the brother of NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet are yet to receive a summons to appear before a property developer parliamentary inquiry.

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NSW parliamentary inquiry to use firm to track down key witnesses, including two of Dominic Perrottet’s brothers

Committee examining allegations of ‘impropriety’ against a Sydney council and developers will take the unusual step of using a private contractor to serve summons

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