Damien Tudehope’s evidence has concluded and that bring today’s hearing to a close, but we’ll be back for another full day with witness Jean-Claude Perrottet tomorrow.

There were a few major moments late in the day from today’s hearing. Here’s a recap of what we covered:

• The Liberal Party’s most senior member in the upper house, Damien Tudehope, leaked a confidential draft report from a 2023 parliamentary inquiry to Jeremy Greenwood, a key witness who refused to give evidence. Greenwood is also a person of interest to this corruption inquiry.
• Tudehope told the commission he had a conversation with then-premier Dominic Perrottet about his younger brother, Jean-Claude, who was also avoiding giving evidence to the parliamentary inquiry. Tudehope said “I think he may have told me that he was in Fiji”.
• Tudehope said his son, a Catholic Schools NSW staffer, was “agitated” after being pressured to pay invoices from Christian Ellis that he felt were “unjustified”.
• The MP gave an impassioned defence of his friend, Michael O’Hara, and said he never thought O’Hara’s support of the Reformers could be considered a political donation.
• Tudehope told the commission that Jean-Claude Perrottet, who worked in his electoral and ministerial offices, had a “talent” for factional work.