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Dominic Perrottet’s brother allegedly shared ‘dirt’ including secret phone recording of minister, Icac hears

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 1067 words · By Penry Buckley
NSW Liberal Party Internal Conflict Political Corruption Judicial Inquiry
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Dominic Perrottet’s brother shared “dirt” – including a secret pocket phone recording of a minister – to try to help a property developer achieve political outcomes, lawyers assisting a corruption inquiry have alleged.

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Topics 3

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Coverage gap: Low Left coverage
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Center66%
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What happened

Dominic Perrottet’s brother shared “dirt” – including a secret pocket phone recording of a minister – to try to help a property developer achieve political outcomes, lawyers assisting a corruption inquiry have alleged.

Why it matters

Former New South Wales Liberal MP and staffer Chris Spence told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Monday that Charles Perrottet may have been acting in the interests of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif when Perrottet shared audio…

Common ground

The watchdog is investigating whether Liberal figures, including the former Liberal premier’s younger brother Charles Perrottet, took donations from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif and his company Toplace in exchange for outcomes, such as the removal…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/24/dominic-perrottet-brother…

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Dylan Whitelaw, an associate of conservative Christian factional group the Reformers, who Spence employed as a staffer in Roberts’ office in 2022.”
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Claim 2: “Chandler resigned in July 2022 citing concerns with Petinos, who was sacked in that month amid bullying allegations.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific reasons for David Chandler's resignation or the timing/reason for Eleni Petinos's sacking.
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Claim 3: “Elliott gave evidence to the inquiry that Nassif began to target him after he opposed his developments, including a controversial development in Cherrybrook in northern Sydney.”
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Multiple sources confirm David Elliott testified that Jean Nassif targeted him due to Elliott's opposition to developments, specifically mentioning a controversial project in Cherrybrook.
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web search NEUTRAL — Last week, Elliott gave evidence to the inquiry that Nassif began to target him after he opposed his developments, including a controversial development in Cherrybrook in northern Sydney.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/24/domin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Nassif felt that Elliott, as the local member, was blocking his developments. Nassif, who is wanted for serious fraud charges, fled to Lebanon in December 2022 on the eve of a NSW parliamentary inquir…
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/justice-will-prevail-ex-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr De Kauwe says Jean Nassif "hated" David Chandler. (ABC News: Patrick Thomas). The investigator said he relayed Mr Nassif's requests to Mr Maheswaran, but they decided not to proceed with the propos…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-22/nsw-icac-hears-jean-n…
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Claim 4: “Between 2019 and 2023, he was chief of staff between to Liberal MP Anthony Roberts, who became planning minister in 2022.”
CORROBORATED
The Guardian and other ICAC-related reports explicitly state that Chris Spence was chief of staff to Anthony Roberts between 2019 and 2023 and that Roberts became planning minister in 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gerald Leonard Spence (January 8, 1929 – August 13, 2025) was an American trial lawyer and author. He was a member of the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame and was the founder of the Trial Lawyers College. Sp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Spence
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Resident Evil is a 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, and Colin Salmon. It is t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2002_film)
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Claim 5: “Spence was the MP for The Entrance between 2011 and 2015.”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that Chris Spence was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing The Entrance from the 2011 election until February 2014 (which falls within the 2011-2015 window).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher Peter Hartcher (born 21 December 1946) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 2015, representing the electorates of Gosford …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hartcher
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher Spence is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing The Entrance for the Liberal Party from the 2011 New South Wales state election…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Spence_(politician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list gives a categorised overview of notable people from Kenya.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kenyans
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Claim 6: “Former New South Wales Liberal MP and staffer Chris Spence told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Monday that Charles Perrottet may have been acting in the interests of fugitive property developer Jean Nassif when Perrottet shared audio recordings with Spence in 2021”
CORROBORATED
Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian, Yahoo News Australia, and ICAC Operation Rosny updates) confirm that Chris Spence testified that Charles Perrottet shared audio files and messages that may have been aimed at advancing Jean Nassif's interests.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of the candidates of the 2023 New South Wales state election, which was held on 25 March 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_of_the_2023_New_Sou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 55th parliament held their seats from 2011 to 2015. They were elected at the 2011 state election and at by-elections. The Speaker …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members_of_the_New_South_Wales…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mackerras pendulum for the 2015 New South Wales state election.
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Claim 7: “former NSW fair trading minister Eleni Petinos told the commission she may have been used by fellow Liberals, including longtime friend Spence and Charles Perrotet to get rid of Chandler”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding Eleni Petinos's testimony about being used by Spence and Perrottet.
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Claim 8: “Cassandra Lawry, gave evidence to the commission that Spence showed her a video of Chandler claiming he had provided an informal list of dodgy certifiers to banks”
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Claim 9: “The inquiry heard the second recording – shared in October 2021 – was a phone recording taken from someone’s pocket. It purportedly included Elliott criticising Dominic Perrottet”
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The Guardian specifically reports the detail about the second recording from October 2021 being a pocket recording of David Elliott criticizing Dominic Perrottet. Other sources mention the recordings generally but not these specific details.
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web search NEUTRAL — The inquiry heard the second recording – shared in October 2021 – was a phone recording taken from someone’s pocket. It purportedly included Elliott criticising Dominic Perrottet, who was then about t…
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/24/domin…
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web search NEUTRAL — And what exactly do Dominic Perrottet’s family values mean for the future of diverse Australian families? It’s been almost a month since Gladys Berejiklian’s shock resignation and replacement by the t…
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/d…
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Claim 10: “the video was published by The Australian in 2022”
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Claim 11: “Nassif, who fled Australia for rural Lebanon in 2022”
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Claim 12: “The first [audio file], shared in May 2021, allegedly included Nassif speaking to another person about an arrangement where Chandler would give him an occupation certificate for one of his developments in exchange for a large sum of money.”
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While The Guardian mentions Charles Perrottet shared a file and text messages requesting money, the specific detail about an 'occupation certificate' for David Chandler is not explicitly corroborated by the other provided search results, though they discuss the general conflict between Nassif and Chandler.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Heliopolis was fought between the French Army of the Orient under the command of General Jean-Baptiste Kléber and an Ottoman army at Heliopolis on 20 March 1800. The French were victorio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Heliopolis_(1800)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jean-Emmanuel Depraz, nicknamed JiRock (born 22 June 1994), is a French Magic: The Gathering player, and the 2023 World Champion.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jean Obeid (Arabic: جان عبيد; 8 May 1939 – 8 February 2021) was a Lebanese lawyer, journalist and politician, who served in different cabinet posts, the last of which was foreign minister of Lebanon f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Obeid
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Claim 13: “Dominic Perrottet, who was then about to become premier following Gladys Berejiklian’s October 2021 resignation.”
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Wikipedia and news sources confirm Dominic Perrottet became Premier of NSW following Gladys Berejiklian's resignation in October 2021.
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Claim 14: “The watchdog is investigating whether Liberal figures, including the former Liberal premier’s younger brother Charles Perrottet, took donations from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif and his company Toplace in exchange for outcomes”
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Multiple sources confirm ICAC is investigating whether Charles Perrottet and other Liberal figures took illegal donations from Jean Nassif or Toplace in exchange for political outcomes/branch-stacking.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Andrew Elliott (born 11 June 1970) is an Australian former politician. Elliott served as the New South Wales Minister for Transport and the Minister for Veterans in the Perrottet ministry betwee…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Elliott_(politician)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dominic Francis Perrottet ( PERR-oh-TAY; born 21 September 1982) is an Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of New South Wales from 2021 to 2023. He held office as leader of the New So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Perrottet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New South Wales Liberal Party, officially called The Liberal Party of Australia, New South Wales Division, and colloquially known as the NSW Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party
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