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Ex-premier's brother fronts Liberals corruption probe

Having previously skipped town to miss a corruption probe, the brother of a former state premier is on the witness stand responding to bombshell allegations.

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'Tragic': Liberal MP questioned about son at ICAC

A Liberal MP has told an integrity probe that its proceedings have caused him to limit his contact with his son, who has refused to appear before a watchdog.

AAP

Liberal power brokers left phones in car to avoid tracing before discussing corruption probe, Icac hears

Watchdog begins second of eight weeks of hearings, investigating branch stacking allegations in the NSW Liberal party

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Liberal operative's evidence claim after 'rat' taunt

A former Liberal operative once branded a "rat" has claimed party members might have tried to align their messaging before facing a major inquiry.

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Dodgy donations, desperate denials in Liberals probe

The first week of an explosive inquiry investigating potential corrupt conduct in the Liberal Party has shown how factionalism thrives behind closed doors.

AAP

How the ‘Braveheart’ tribe of young Liberals descended from the Hills only to have their kilts lifted by Icac

Icac is investigating whether the NSW Liberals sub-faction took illegal donations and broke electoral funding laws

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‘Rob has the bucks cash’: NSW Liberals used Reformers funds to pay for ‘personal expenditure’, Icac hears

Robert Assaf separately tells anti-corruption inquiry money funnelled through lobbying firm to create ‘maximum benefit from a tax perspective’

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‘Warring kingdoms’: cofounder of religious Reformers compares NSW Liberal party factionalism to Braveheart

Robert Assaf tells Icac that Angus Taylor wasn’t ‘that involved’ but the federal opposition leader ‘definitely wasn’t opposed’ to work of conservative group

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Liberal faction gave 'bogus' invoices for donations

Factional infighting within the Liberal Party has been compared to epic war film Braveheart by a conservative Christian faction member at a corruption hearing.

AAP

Angus Taylor has inadvertently taken centre stage in an Icac hearing – and the fallout could be profound

If the opposition leader was funding one side of a vicious factional war, it would be hard for many in the party to stomach

The Guardian - AU

Senior politicians supported young NSW Liberal power brokers trying to shift party to right, corruption watchdog hears

So-called ‘Reformers’ hosted recruitment functions with speakers including Tony Abbott and Alan Jones

The Guardian - AU

Former NSW Liberal powerbroker at heart of Icac allegations now living in UK and not expected to appear

Christian Ellis, a former registered lobbyist, is named in two Independent Commission Against Corruption allegations

The Guardian - AU

The Hills were alive with a NSW Liberal factional war – now the corruption watchdog is sniffing around

Thanks to two hearings involving serious allegations of corrupt conduct in 2022 involving political operatives in Sydney’s Hills district, the party now faces an existential crisis

The Guardian - AU

Political lobbyists, NSW Liberals and a fugitive developer are facing corruption allegations. Here’s what you need to know

Anti-corruption body examining allegations Liberal figures accepted donations to recruit members and also received money from fugitive Toplace developer Jean Nassif

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