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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

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

Individuals who appeared at Icac include, from left (top row), Jean Nassif, Jeremy Greenwood and Charles Perrottet; and (bottom row) Damien Tudehope, Sharangan Maheswaran and Anita Perrottet
Individuals who appeared at Icac Operation Rosny hearings include, from left, (top row) Jean Nassif, Jeremy Greenwood and Charles Perrottet, and (bottom row) Damien Tudehope, Sharangan Maheswaran and Anita Perrottet. Composite: Icac

Many people watching the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings in Sydney over the past two months have come to admire the forensic questioning of the counsel assisting the inquiry, Peggy Dwyer SC.

As she set out the complicated allegations in detail on the opening day in July, Dwyer emphasised the central role of electoral donations laws, observing: “Money in politics, as in other spheres of life, has the potential to corrupt.”

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