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Kate McClymont

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Crazy and crazier: ICAC unravels Jean Nassif’s paranoia

Crazy and crazier: ICAC unravels Jean Nassif’s paranoia

Extortion attempts, secret recordings and shakedowns all featured the day’s evidence. The great confusion was who was doing what to whom.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

The ICAC heard a PI used covert devices hoping to catch out dodgy dealings – but only picked up breakfast orders.

23.09.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

The ICAC heard a PI used covert devices hoping to catch out dodgy dealings – but only picked up breakfast orders.

23.09.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Kate McClymont

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

The ICAC heard a PI used covert devices hoping to catch out dodgy dealings – but only picked up breakfast orders.

23.09.2026 20

WA Today

Kate McClymont

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

Spy pens, eggs on toast and a side of alleged corruption: PI spills the beans to ICAC

The ICAC heard a PI used covert devices hoping to catch out dodgy dealings – but only picked up breakfast orders.

23.09.2026 20

The Age

Kate McClymont

The eyebrows have it: ICAC witness stretches credulity and patience

The eyebrows have it: ICAC witness stretches credulity and patience

Former Strathfield councillor and Toplace executive Sharangan Maheswaran was in no hurry to answer questions in his first appearance at the inquiry.

18.09.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

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

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

Retorts, rebukes and knock-knock jokes as Jeremy Greenwood is accused of “manufacturing evidence” about the “bogus” work Anita Perrottet.

17.09.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Rats in the ranks: ICAC hears double-crosses, blackmail and broken promises

Rats in the ranks: ICAC hears double-crosses, blackmail and broken promises

Beyond Jean Nassif, the murky dealings of Strathfield Council and fight over who gets the keys to the mayoral Toyota are aired at the long-running...

16.09.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Barbs and bluster from the Beirut bedroom of ‘The Fugitive’ Jean Nassif

Within minutes of “swearing to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”, Nassif was making wild accusations before the ICAC. And...

15.09.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Dodgy deals, deleted devices and dubious definitions: Cracking the ICAC code

Operation Rosny has developed its own tangle of euphemisms which witnesses use to dress up some distasteful realities.

04.09.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

The 11-word text that exposed a ruthless Liberal Party ‘black op’

Liberal Party numbers man Charles Perrottet has admitted lying to the ICAC. But it’s a text to his wife about kneecapping an opponent that has...

02.09.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Faulty towers and a disgraced developer’s war on building safety boss

Fugitive builder Jean Nassif waged an ongoing campaign to force NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler out of his job.

28.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

‘Money for jam’: The forgetful witness, frustrated ICAC lawyer and advice on dogs

Anita Perrottet, who used the term “I don’t recall” liberally, was accused of lying under oath to cover up for her husband.

27.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Chris Spence returns to ICAC witness box after 12-year gap

The former Liberal MP was asked about his involvement in passing on a tape recording.

25.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Silk tie and sharp tongue: David Elliott’s take-no-prisoners ICAC appearance

Unlike many reluctant appearances at Operation Rosny, the former police minister appeared to be relishing his day in the witness box on Friday.

21.08.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Car park chaos and Dallas’ dictionary of lost words: Two days of ‘iterations’ at ICAC

Catholics Schools NSW CEO Dallas McInerney has insisted he did nothing wrong at a corruption inquiry into branch stacking and illegal donations.

14.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

How key ICAC witness Dallas McInerney turned from helpful to hot under the collar

Day 13 of the corruption commission’s inquiry quickly turned from a promising start to a series of denials.

14.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

The Great Deflector deflated: Greenwood suffers amnesia to rival Alan Bond

Such profound memory failure has not been seen since back in May 1994, when a notorious bankrupt businessman was being questioned about offshore...

12.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

No memory, no party membership and a missing partner: Jeremy Greenwood’s first day at the ICAC

Flanked by four lawyers, key witness Jeremy Greenwood marched confidently into the commission hearing on Monday. But things went south from there.

10.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

From ‘Nun Runs’ to factional funds: ICAC’s unholy six degrees of separation

A small group of people from a number of large families feature prominently in a bombshell inquiry into branch stacking and illegal donations.

06.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Betrayals, backstabbers and rats: Inside the ICAC’s Game of Thrones

Day six of the ICAC’s blockbuster inquiry was reminiscent of the fantasy TV series, including allegations of backstabbing at former premier Dominic...

04.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

How ICAC lost patience with ‘Mr Ten Per Cent’ and his selective memory

Robert Assaf admitted to submitting fake invoices during a corruption hearing on Friday – but blamed his “dodgy” former friend.

31.07.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

The self-styled Braveheart crusader now accused of branch stacking

Liberal Party operative Robert Assaf spent an uncomfortable day in the witness box of a wide-ranging probe into illegal donations.

31.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont

Memory failure, shakedowns and the ICAC trap: Liberal staffer’s long day in the box

Dylan Whitelaw kept his cool as counsel assisting questioned his knowledge of contractor payments.

29.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Kate McClymont