‘Rob has the bucks cash’: NSW Liberals used Reformers funds to pay for ‘personal expenditure’, Icac hears
An anti-corruption inquiry in New South Wales is investigating allegations that Liberal Party faction members used political funds for personal expenses. Witnesses testified that money was funneled through a lobbying firm to minimize tax liabilities.
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The case highlights potential corruption and misuse of political donations within Australian state politics.
Witness Robert Assaf leaving the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings after giving evidence. Photograph: Damian Shaw/AAP Witness Robert Assaf leaving the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption hearings after giving evidence. Photograph: Damian Shaw/AAP Australia news ‘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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