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Lobbyist defends ‘shit sheet’ on former Liberal MP despite admitting he knew ‘there was no affair’, Icac hears

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 843 words · By Penry Buckley
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What to know about Lobbyist defends ‘shit sheet’ on former Liberal MP despite admitting he knew ‘there was no affair’, Icac hears

A lobbyist under investigation by the New South Wales corruption watchdog has admitted to commissioning a “shit sheet” on a former Liberal MP, knowing a reference to a purported extramarital affair was untrue, an inquiry has heard.

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What happened

A lobbyist under investigation by the New South Wales corruption watchdog has admitted to commissioning a “shit sheet” on a former Liberal MP, knowing a reference to a purported extramarital affair was untrue, an inquiry has heard.

Why it matters

The consultant and lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gave his second day of evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (Icac) Operation Rosny on Tuesday.

Common ground

Greenwood is named in two of the watchdog’s allegations.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “Dylan Whitelaw, a former employee of ChristianEllis and Greenwood at registered lobbying company Beckington... had been asked by Greenwood to write part of the document.”
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The Guardian and Yahoo News both report that Dylan Whitelaw gave evidence and prepared the 'dirt sheet' targeting David Elliott.
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Claim 2: “Greenwood... admitted to a payment of $12,000 to Jean-Claude Perrottet, who he described as his “favourite friend”.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a $12,000 payment to Jean-Claude Perrottet.
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Claim 3: “Greenwood... emailed to himself in December 2020... a document titled “David Elliott shit sheet.docx”.”
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The Guardian and Yahoo News both report the existence of a document targeting David Elliott referred to as the 'David Elliott shit sheet'.
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Claim 4: “The consultant and lobbyist Jeremy Greenwood gave his second day of evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (Icac) Operation Rosny on Tuesday.”
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Multiple sources (The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, and a live update feed) confirm Jeremy Greenwood gave evidence to ICAC's Operation Rosny, specifically mentioning he returned for a second day of testimony.
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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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web search NEUTRAL — Jeremy Greenwood, a consultant and lobbyist, has told Icac he assisted at one Reformers event ‘under heavy pressure’.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/lobby…
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web search NEUTRAL — We’ve wrapped the first day of Jeremy Greenwood’s evidence, but the lobbyist will be back before the ICAC tomorrow to answer more questions. Later in the week we are expecting to hear from Catholic Sc…
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/icac-operation-rosny-liv…
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Claim 5: “He is among three Liberal figures who allegedly took donations from Jean Nassif, a fugitive property developer, in exchange for the pursuit of outcomes including damage to the career of the former NSW Liberal minister and MP David Elliott.”
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Multiple sources (Yahoo News, ICAC Live updates, and a dedicated report on Jean Nassif) confirm the investigation into whether Nassif made donations to Liberal figures, including Greenwood, to damage David Elliott's career.
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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…
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Claim 6: “Beckington, set up by Greenwood and Ellis in 2019, accepted payments for factional work through fake invoices to Michael O’Hara, a prohibited donor, and the schools governing body Catholic Schools NSW.”
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The Guardian reports that Michael O'Hara admitted to payments to Beckington via fake invoices. Other sources confirm Beckington's relationship with Catholic Schools NSW and the lack of evidence for services provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — Catholic Schools NSW was Beckington’s first client. “The commission has found no evidence of services being undertaken by Beckington for Catholics Schools NSW between August 2019 and August 2021,” Dwy…
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web search NEUTRAL — O’Hara has admitted to making payments to Beckington for factional Liberal work under fake invoices, but disputed whether they counted as political donations. On Tuesday, Greenwood admitted to having …
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeremy Greenwood has been shown an invoice sent to Catholic Schools NSW in July 2019, a month before his company Beckington had sent the schools body a proposal for services from the government relati…
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Claim 7: “Beckington... created a fake administrative assistant called “Jessica”.”
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The provided evidence discusses lobbying in general and the 'shit sheet', but does not mention a fake administrative assistant named 'Jessica'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Lobbying is a form of advocacy that legally attempts to influence policy decisions made by legislators, members of regulatory agencies in the executive branch, or in some cases judges. Lobbying, the m…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lobbying in the United States K Street in Washington, D.C., has become a metonym for the American lobbying industry. Lobbying is a paid activity in which advocacy groups hire well-connected profession…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 28, 2026 · Lobbying is any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government.
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Claim 8: “Jean-Claude Perrottet [is] the younger brother of the former premier Dominic Perrottet.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results confirming the familial relationship between Jean-Claude Perrottet and Dominic Perrottet.
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Claim 9: “Greenwood admitted that when he sent the document to himself... he knew the affair to be untrue.”
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While evidence confirms Greenwood described the document as a 'defensive move', the specific admission that he knew the 'affair' claims were untrue is not explicitly corroborated across the provided search snippets, though the context of the 'shit sheet' is present.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeremy Greenwood described the dossier as a “defensive move” and claimed he was entitled to attack then-police minister David Elliott because there had been “relentless leaks to the media” about himse…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr Stokes said he knew the fugitive property developer behind the project - Jean Nassif - was responsible for the surveillance, describing it as invasive but comical. “(The private detective) was moni…
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Claim 10: “Canavan was purportedly concerned about Sharma’s plan to remove a section of the Religious Discrimination Act, which allows religious schools to discriminate against students on the basis of their sexuality in certain circumstances.”
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Claim 11: “a 2021 text exchange from Greenwood to McInerney claiming that the Nationals senator Matt Canavan, Greenwood’s former boss, had asked McInerney to pass on a message to the moderate Liberal Dave Sharma.”
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Claim 12: “the witness on Thursday and Friday will be the Catholic Schools CEO, Dallas McInerney.”
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Claim 13: “Greenwood is named in two of the watchdog’s allegations.”
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The Guardian explicitly states that Jeremy Greenwood is named in two of the ICAC allegations as part of Operation Rosny.
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Claim 14: “Ellis moved to the UK at the start of this year”
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