The ICAC has had a change of plans, so we’re no longer expecting to hear from MP Damien Tudehope and the hearing has wrapped early.

We’re expecting to hear from Tudehope, along with businessman Frits Mare, tomorrow. For now, here’s a recap of what we covered today:

• Robert Assaf revealed he met with fellow person of interest Jeremy Greenwood at a Belfield cafe to discuss their summons to the ICAC, knowing full well he was not meant to discuss it. The pair went for a walk and deliberately left their electronic devices in Greenwood’s car to avoid being traced.
• Assaf agreed Greenwood was trying to “standardise the message” and wanted to “align” evidence before key Reformers spoke to the ICAC.
• Jean-Claude Perrottet, a key Reformer and Catholic Schools NSW staffer, told fellow Reformer Christian Ellis in a text message that he was doing political work without being compensated fairly, while claiming Assaf received “$135k for Rob to work for faction”. The commission heard $135,000 was Assaf’s salary at the schools body.
• Assaf said there were widespread concerns, as well as “jokes and insinuations”, in the right faction of the Liberal Party around Ellis’s connection to Nassif’s Toplace.
• It became a joke among Assaf’s associates, including Toplace lawyer Sharangan Maheswaran, that Assaf was a “rat” for wanting to appear before the 2023 parliamentary inquiry and be honest. Some would send him rat emojis, and he would be fed false information to try and weed out who he was speaking with, Assaf said.
• An earlier blog post today mistakenly said Dallas McInerney told the commission he wanted to “shake down” Angus Taylor for $10,000 for the reformers. In fact, this claim was made by another witness, who said he had seen a text message from McInerney that was shown to the commission. Taylor has repeatedly denied making any payment.