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Private investigator surveilled Liberal minister and supplied Jean Nassif with recording devices, Icac hears

22 Sept 2026, 04:53 UTC · 2 independent sources

🚨 ICAC HEARS CLAIMS OF SURVEILLANCE LINK TO FUGITIVE DEVELOPER Shane de Kauwe told the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday he had installed a static camera on a building to record a person. A private investigator says he was asked to surveil a Liberal minister and gave secret recording devices to a fugitive property developer. Shane de Kauwe also told the watchdog that Jean Nassif wanted to investigate one of his enemies because the developer "hated him". Source: The Guardian, ABC Australia #Icac

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