NSW Liberal admits to leaking confidential report to young conservative powerbrokers, inquiry hears

NSW shadow attorney general, Damien Tudehope, tells inquiry Jean-Claude Perrottet had a talent for recruiting The leader of the opposition in the New South Wales upper house has admitted to leaking a confidential draft report from a 2023 parliamentary inquiry to a member of a group of young conservative Liberal powerbrokers now under investigation by the corruption watchdog, an inquiry has heard. On Tuesday, Damien Tudehope, the NSW shadow attorney general and Liberal leader in the upper house, gave evidence as part of the Independent Commission Against Corruption ’s (Icac) Operation Rosny. The inquiry is investigating allegations the Reformers solicited or accepted illegal donations to recruit or renew members to the party, a practice known as branch stacking, which is not itself illegal. Tudehope, who has stood aside from his shadow cabinet roles during the inquiry, is not named in any allegations by Icac. Tudehope was asked if he could recall coming into possession of a confidential draft copy of the inquiry’s report in that month.

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