新南威尔士州自由党影子内阁成员Eleni Petinos已收到独立反腐委员会（ICAC）传唤，要求其在未来数周内提供证据[1]。Petinos是继影子律政司司长Damien Tudehope之后，第二位被ICAC召唤的自由党前台人物[1]。这一传唤涉及一项正在进行的调查，该调查关注自由党高层是否从逃亡地产商Jean Nassif处获取非法捐款以换取政治便利[1]。
根据电话录音证据，Nassif曾向地产商同事吹嘘他在州政府"有人"，声称将通过让"我的一个女孩"担任公平交易部长来"踩住"前NSW建筑专员David Chandler的脖子[1]。该电话录音两个月后，Petinos在改组中接替Kevin Anderson成为公平交易部长[1]。2022年7月，Chandler在由Petinos办公室下令的调查后辞去NSW建筑专员职位[1]。协助律师Peggy Dwyer表示将审查Chandler的辞职是否是Nassif有目的支付给Charles Perrottet等人的工作结果[1]。
Eleni Petinos, a shadow cabinet member of New South Wales's Liberal Party, has been called to give evidence to the state's corruption watchdog in the coming weeks [1]. Petinos, who serves as shadow minister for employment and industry, is the second Liberal frontbencher to be summoned by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), following shadow attorney-general Damien Tudehope [1].
The inquiry centers on allegations that senior Liberal figures received illegal donations from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif in exchange for political favors [1]. In recorded phone conversations, Nassif boasted to real estate colleagues that he had connections "in the state government" and would use "one of my girls" as fair trading minister to "put [his] foot on the neck" of David Chandler, the former NSW building commissioner [1]. Two months after the recorded call, Petinos took over the fair trading portfolio from Kevin Anderson during a reshuffle [1]. Chandler resigned as building commissioner in July 2022 following an inquiry ordered by Petinos's office [1]. Counsel assisting the inquiry, Peggy Dwyer, has indicated she will examine whether Chandler's resignation resulted from payments Nassif made to figures including Charles Perrottet [1].