ICAC Operation Rosny LIVE updates: Charles Perrottet’s wife Anita denies being asked to lie under oath

Anita Perrottet was not named as a person of interest in this inquiry, but the ICAC is investigating if she played a role in helping her husband, Charles, receive money from property developer Jean Nassif.

We last heard details about Anita Perrottet in the opening statement of counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer, SC.

Dwyer said she expected evidence to show Charles Perrottet anticipated receiving significant funds from Nassif, but there was no evidence of him receiving that money directly. Instead, Dwyer said she expected evidence would show the funds were paid into an account by the company name of Macquarie Consulting Pty Ltd – with Anita Perrottet as the sole director and shareholder.

“We anticipate that the commission will receive submissions to the effect that the payments to Macquarie Consulting were for consulting work legitimately carried out by Anita Perrottet for Beckington and JPG Advisory. Yet, in the nearly four years that the Commission has been investigating the allegations the subject of this inquiry, it has uncovered no evidence of Anita Perrottet carrying out any work for either Beckington or JPG Advisory,” Dwyer said.

“Instead, the commission’s investigation has unearthed evidence of Mr Ellis dictating to Charles Perrottet, and not his wife, how he should structure the invoices that were ultimately issued by Macquarie Consulting to Beckington for the 2021/2022 financial year.”