Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears

Dallas McInerney, leaving after giving evidence to Icac on 13 August, on Wednesday said he ‘pestered’ Angus Taylor for a meeting with the Reformers. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW has denied he performed a factory reset on a work phone and iPad to wipe critical evidence for an investigation into allegations of corruption in the New South Wales Liberal party, an inquiry has heard.

On Wednesday afternoon, Dallas McInerney revealed he had performed the factory reset over the weekend after giving evidence to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) last week.