Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath over donations, Icac hears
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•Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:16:23 GMT
📰 What Happened
Anita Perrottet, wife of Charles Perrottet, has rejected suggestions she lied under oath to protect her husband over allegedly illegal political donations. She told the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) that hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to her were for “strategic and marketing advice”, provided verbally to firms including Beckington and JPG Advisory. She said she was paid as much as $333,500 by Beckington and nearly $255,000 by JPG Advisory in a single quarter, although she could recall only one client from her Beckington work, which she described as including “creating websites”.
🔍 The Backstory
Icac is the NSW corruption watchdog examining whether financial arrangements around the Perrottet family were used to conceal activity on behalf of those allegedly tied to donations. Anita Perrottet is married to Charles Perrottet, brother of former premier Dominic Perrottet. The inquiry has focused on large advisory-style payments that critics say may have been used to route cash around legal donation caps, and on whether the wife was placed in an “impossible situation” by her family ties when giving evidence.
🎯 Why It Matters
The outcome tests New South Wales’ anti-corruption framework and the integrity of the political-donation rules, with implications for how comfortably politically active Australian families can structure their finances at the watchdog’s line.
Anita Perrottet, wife of Charles Perrottet, has rejected suggestions she lied under oath to protect her husband over allegedly illegal political donations. She told the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) that hundreds of thousands of dollars paid to her were for “strategic and marketing advice”, provided verbally to firms including Beckington and JPG Advisory. She said she was paid as much as $333,500 by Beckington and nearly $255,000 by JPG Advisory in a single quarter, although she could recall only one client from her Beckington work, which she described as including “creating websites”.
Icac is the NSW corruption watchdog examining whether financial arrangements around the Perrottet family were used to conceal activity on behalf of those allegedly tied to donations. Anita Perrottet is married to Charles Perrottet, brother of former premier Dominic Perrottet. The inquiry has focused on large advisory-style payments that critics say may have been used to route cash around legal donation caps, and on whether the wife was placed in an “impossible situation” by her family ties when giving evidence.
The outcome tests New South Wales’ anti-corruption framework and the integrity of the political-donation rules, with implications for how comfortably politically active Australian families can structure their finances at the watchdog’s line.