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ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran returns for likely final day of public hearings (opens the original)
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Hello and welcome to what we’re told is likely to be the final day of the ICAC’s Operation Rosny public hearings. I’m state political reporter Jessica McSweeney and a big thank you for joining me for today’s live blog – special prize for those loyal Rosny watchers who have followed along every day for the past nine weeks. Sharangan Maheswaran is back in the witness box today for a final grilling, which all going to plan should be the last day of the public hearings entirely. Before we dive into
ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran denies plot to damage building commissioner (opens the original)
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Staying with Sharangan Maheswaran and Karen Pensabene’s 2022 discussion of tarot cards, when the pair shared their worry about the actions of independent councillor Matthew Blackmore. “Eight of wands, is hastiness, which is our worry,” Pensabene said. Maheswaran wondered if they were moving too quickly. “True,” Pensabene said. “It’s like he [Blackmore] is on the edge of the sword, you don’t know which way he’ll turn. I don’t think he makes hasty decisions.” “A talkative and intelligent person wh
ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran to continue evidence (opens the original)
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Sharangan Maheswaran told Jeremy Greenwood “you’ve got to get Eleni to stick him”, referring to getting (then) fair trading minister Eleni Petinos to take action against the building commissioner David Chandler, the ICAC has heard. Maheswaran also sent screenshots of messages between Jean Nassif and a contractor, which the developer was alleging was evidence he was being extorted, to Charles Perrottet. Maheswaran had also sent a video of Chandler and a transcript of his appearance at a budget es
ICAC Operation Rosny as it happened: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran denies weaponising Jean Nassif extortion claims (opens the original)
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Hello and welcome to another day of the ICAC’s Operation Rosny public hearings. I’m state politics reporter Jessica McSweeney, and I’ll be bringing you all the latest updates as they happen inside the hearing room. Today former Toplace lawyer and Strathfield councillor Sharangan Maheswaran returns to the witness box after a long day of questioning yesterday about his use of private investigators, and a secret recording made by his former boss Jean Nassif, which purported to show evidence of an e
ICAC Operation Rosny as it happened: Former Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran questioned about Jean Nassif audio recordings (opens the original)
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The ICAC’s public hearing has wrapped for today, and will return tomorrow morning with more evidence from Sharangan Maheswaran. Before we adjourned, Maheswaran requested that the hearing be played audio recorded by Jean Nassif of a conversation he had with the contractor he accused of extorting him, Navid Ardestani. The presiding commissioner indicated that the commission would hear that recording tomorrow morning. Before then, let’s take a look at what we covered today:
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