Overview
- ICAC announced on Wednesday that public hearings for Operation Rosny will run for eight weeks starting July 27 under Assistant Commissioner Fabian Gleeson to examine alleged corrupt conduct between 2019 and 2023.
- The inquiry will probe whether senior NSW Liberal figures were involved in soliciting or accepting undeclared donations or funds from prohibited donors, and whether those payments exceeded legal caps.
- Catholic Schools NSW and its chief executive Dallas McInerney are named in allegations that school system payments were used to recruit or renew Liberal Party members and that some donations were not declared; McInerney has resigned from the NSW education standards board.
- ICAC will also examine claims against Strathfield councillors that include dishonest exercise of office, possible blackmail and unlawful surveillance of fellow councillor Matthew Blackmore.
- Fugitive developer Jean Nassif, who is living in Lebanon and subject to a 2023 arrest warrant after Toplace collapsed into administration, is central to the probe and the hearings could deepen reputational and electoral risks for the NSW Liberal Party ahead of the state vote.