Good morning and welcome to the Herald’s live coverage of the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s highly anticipated hearings into fugitive property developer Jean Nassif’s links to political party powerbrokers, councils and the state’s Catholic schools. I am state political reporter Jessica McSweeney.

We’ll be bringing you live updates throughout as the ICAC begins the first day of eight weeks of hearings, but if you want to see the action yourself, you can watch live here.