When the ICAC’s a-rocking, the jokes come a-knocking

September 17, 2026 — 5:00am

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Given that memory loss has been a key feature of this corruption inquiry, Jeremy Greenwood’s return for his sixth day in the witness box has provided some helpful reminders, especially about crowd favourite Anita Perrottet.

Greenwood was accused of “manufacturing evidence” about the “bogus” work Anita Perrottet did for him.

“You’re trying to stitch up your evidence and the lies are not, in fact, making up any sort of reasonable narrative,” suggested counsel assisting the inquiry, Dr Peggy Dwyer, SC.

At the heart of this inquiry is precisely what advice the sister-in-law of former premier Dominic Perrottet provided to be paid the extraordinary sum of $660,699 by Greenwood and Christian Ellis’s lobbying company, Beckington.

According to the evidence so far, the answer appears to be absolutely nothing.

The commission’s version is that Anita’s company, Macquarie Consulting, provided “sham invoices” to disguise her husband Charles’ one-third share of the $2 million dodgy developer Jean Nassif paid to........

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