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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Texts suggest Angus Taylor ‘paid money to the Reformers … or was refusing to’, Icac inquiry hears

Jean-Claude Perrottet arrives at the Icac hearing in Sydney on Thursday.
Jean-Claude Perrottet arrives at the Icac hearing in Sydney on Thursday. Photograph: George Chan/AAP

New South Wales’ anti-corruption watchdog has been shown text messages which suggest Angus Taylor “had paid some money to the Reformers … or was refusing to”, according to the lawyer assisting the inquiry.

Taylor, the federal opposition leader, is not named in Icac’s allegations and has previously denied making payments to the hard-right factional group the Reformers.

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