Live: Property developer Jean Nassif continues ICAC evidence while on the run

Fugitive property developer Jean Nassif has dialled into a hearing of the NSW corruption watchdog from Lebanon for a second day.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is examining whether Mr Nassif, the founder of failed property group Toplace, paid Liberal Party operatives to achieve political outcomes that would favour his developments.

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Nassif 'not aware' of Liberal powerbrokers' actions

Nassif is getting tired of being taken through texts of other witnesses.

Peggy Dwyer is going over the messages of Liberal Party powerbrokers who worked to solve Nassif's issues with the government.

"I'm not aware of what they planning behind the scene," Nassif says.

"And who is sharing the money with and who they talking to.

"I employed a consultant to solve my problems and unblock the way for politicians, cook politicians. This is not the way Australia should be run."

Mr Nassif appeared via video-link from his bedroom in Lebanon on Monday to give his version of events under oath.

He agreed he had offered members of the Liberal Party right faction, known as the Reformers, up to $1 million if they helped some stalled developments progress.

While denying he paid bribes or sought to influence political outcomes, Mr Nassif, who is subject to an international arrest warrant on fraud charges, said he did want the former NSW police minister David Elliott and former NSW building commissioner David Chandler "off my back".

In a secretly-recorded phone call from 2021, Mr Nassif was heard bragging he held up to 52 per cent of power in the state government. He told the hearing on Monday he was speaking "nonsense".

The NSW ICAC's Operation Rosny is investigating a raft of allegations related to potential breaches of electoral donation laws.