Four years after allegations raised, ICAC begins its most Augean task

July 1, 2026 — 5:33pm

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Four years after Liberal backbencher Ray Williams used a private members’ statement to claim that party colleagues were involved in systemic corruption, the Independent Commission Against Corruption has announced a public inquiry into fugitive Sydney property developer Jean Nassif’s links to significant Liberal Party figures.

ICAC’s far-reaching investigation will traverse politics, education, development and local government. It is one of the watchdog’s biggest undertakings since a Liberal-National Coalition government created it 38 years ago.

ICAC confirmed that the chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW, Dallas McInerney, Nassif, hotelier and banned political donor Michael O’Hara and certain Strathfield councillors would feature in the long-awaited inquiry.

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