‘We execute the prick’: Charles Perrottet plotted political downfall of NSW Liberal minister, Icac hears
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Brother of former state premier sent message regarding plan to damage political career of then-police minister David Elliott
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Charles Perrottet wrote about a plan to damage a Liberal minister’s career following his brother’s accession to the New South Wales premiership in October 2021, stating “we execute the prick once party room is over”, a corruption inquiry has heard.
Anita Perrottet told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Friday she could not recall the meaning of messages exchanged between herself and husband Charles Perrottet in the days before Dominic Perrottet was elected premier by Liberal MPs following the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian.
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