Hotelier stopped funding NSW Liberal ‘Reformers’ after deciding Morrison and Perrottet had ‘gone woke’, Icac hears

Published July 28, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Michael O’Hara also tells corruption watchdog he was wrong to support young Liberals alleged to have solicited illegal donations, saying ‘I made a mistake’

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A witness who allegedly made prohibited donations to young New South Wales Liberal powerbrokers who planned to move the party to the right has told the corruption watchdog he is now “disgusted” by the scheme and “made a mistake” supporting the group.

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The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Tuesday held its second day of Operation Rosny hearings into allegations of corruption against people associated with the NSW Liberal party.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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