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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

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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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Liberals scramble as factional heavyweight quits job

Donations and branch-stacking allegations tied to a fugitive developer have left a Liberal leader facing questions of integrity ahead of state elections.

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Fugitive developer and former premier's brothers probed

Shadowy political donations allegedly involving a controversial property developer on the run and brothers of a former premier are being probed by a watchdog.

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Fraud charge dropped for fugitive developer's daughter

The daughter of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif has reached a plea deal after providing falsified documents to obtain a $150 million construction loan.

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Fraud case stalls against fugitive developer's daughter

Plea negotiations for the lawyer daughter of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif are bogged down despite months of assurances the case would resolve.

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Fugitive developer's daughter in fight over taped calls

The lawyer daughter of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif is claiming legal privilege to stop records of calls with her dad from being used as evidence.

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Fugitive property developer's daughter faces court

The daughter of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif will challenge allegations she falsified contracts to trigger a $150 million bank loan.

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Fugitive Jean Nassif gives up fight for builder licence

Fugitive Jean Nassif has withdrawn his bid to work as an Australian construction industry boss months after police accused him of a $150 million fraud.

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Sydney developer stripped of licence amid police hunt

Property developer Jean Nassif who is accused of fraudulently taking out a $150 million loan has lost his licence after police issued a warrant for his arrest.

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NSW Labor will hold off on Hills Shire council inquiry ‘at request of Icac’

Premier says government will not proceed with public inquiry as it could affect investigation being conducted by commission

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ICAC launches investigation into Sydney's Hill Shire Council over alleged impropriety

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has asked the government not to proceed with any inquiries into the Hills Shire Council while it investigates claims a property developer cut deals with Liberal Party members.

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NSW premier's brother Jean-Claude Perrottet back in Sydney after evading Hills Shire Council inquiry

Jean-Claude Perrottet is filmed by Channel Nine in Sydney but did not explain where exactly overseas he had been during the inquiry hearings.

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Dominic Perrottet backtracks on Hills Shire Council inquiry

The NSW premier says the state executive of the Liberal Party is looking at investigations of impropriety "as we speak" after previously labelling the inquiry a political game which targeted his family.

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Premier welcomes Liberal Party probe into Hills Council

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says the Liberal Party is investigating allegations of impropriety in the Hills Shire Council involving two of his brothers.

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Meet the Nassifs: the Sydney property developer, a Lamborghini and a daughter on bail

A multimillion-dollar apartment complex found to have building defects is also now the centre of a police investigation

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Daughter of Sydney developer released on bail after being charged with fraud offences

Court hears allegations against Ashlyn Nassif, 27, relate to Skyview development in Castle Hill

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Plans for ‘colossal structures’ in Hills shire area stunned ex-deputy mayor, NSW inquiry hears

Alan Haselden tells inquiry he had a ‘wow moment’ during meeting with Jean Nassif, the owner of developer Toplace

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Hills Shire Council inquiry sees server travel thousands of kilometres to track down Liberals

Despite the long journey, Liberal factional figure Jean-Claude Perrottet, former Liberal state executive member Christian Ellis and his mother, Hills Shire Councillor and political staffer Virginia Ellis, cannot be found.

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Premier Dominic Perrottet's brother Charles refuses to front NSW parliamentary inquiry

Premier Dominic Perrottet's brother confirms he will not front a parliamentary inquiry into Sydney's Hills Shire Council, calling it a "Labor/Greens circus".

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Dominic Perrottet lashes out at Hills Shire Council inquiry focus on his brothers

Dominic Perrottet becomes fiery under questioning about his brothers' absence from a parliamentary inquiry into alleged impropriety on the Hills Shire Council.

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‘Leave my family out of it’: Dominic Perrottet angered by NSW inquiry over allegations made against his brother

Upper house probe heard claim that Jean-Claude Perrottet sought $50,000 to fund branch stacking

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Firm engaged to find Dominic Perrottet's brothers summoned to Hills Shire Council inquiry

The chair of a committee investigating allegations of impropriety at a Sydney council says it appears Jean-Claude and Charles Perrottet are avoiding being called as witnesses.

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Dominic Perrottet's brothers Charles and Jean-Claude ordered to appear before Hills Shire Council investigation

The premier's brothers and two others were issued with the legal summons after they failed to respond to invitations to give evidence to the inquiry, in what the committee's chair Sue Higginson describes as a coordinated attempt to avoid scrutiny.

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Developer Jean Nassif declines to front inquiry into 'impropriety' claims in Sydney's north-west

Sydney property developer Jean Nassif has declined to appear before a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the Hills Shire Council before the state election, saying he will be in a remote part of Lebanon at the time.

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