Overview

• The five staffers include Premier Chris Minns’s chief of staff James Cullen, deputy Edward Ovadia and Sarah Michael, along with Police Minister Yasmin Catley’s chief Ross Neilson and deputy Tilly South.
• The inquiry was formed with support from the Coalition, the Greens and crossbenchers to investigate potential government deception before approving legislation aimed at curbing antisemitism.
• Federal police concluded in March that the caravan found in Dural was part of a con orchestrated by organised crime figures rather than a genuine terrorism plot.
• Chris Minns and Yasmin Catley refused to appear before the upper house committee, prompting it to summon their staff under parliamentary powers.
• The staffers are set to give evidence at 10 am on Friday, marking the first time such powers have been wielded to compel political aides to appear.