‘Did you send that report?’ The Icac bombshell that came late for Damien Tudehope

<p>The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The bombshell came in the last five minutes of former finance minister and rightwing powerbroker Damien Tudehope’s examination before the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/independent-commission-against-corruption">Independent Commission Against Corruption</a>.</p><p>At 3.30pm on Tuesday, Tudehope was shown an email which he sent in February 2023, attaching a leaked draft parliamentary report into branch stacking in the Hills area by the Reformers, the shadowy group at the centre of Icac’s Operation Rosny.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/05/did-you-send-that-report-the-icac-bombshell-that-came-late-for-damien-tudehope">Continue reading...</a>