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Liberal operative denies inventing pink paper record in ICAC inquiry

Jeremy Greenwood told the Independent Commission Against Corruption that a pink or fuchsia-coloured note recorded an agreement with property developer Jean Nassif. Greenwood said the agreement was worth up to $5m and denied inventing the document, although he had not mentioned it during a preliminary interview with the watchdog.

Jeremy Greenwood has denied making up a pink or fuchsia-coloured piece of paper that he says recorded an agreement with property developer Jean Nassif, an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry has heard.

Greenwood, described in the source as a Liberal operative, said the agreement was worth up to $5m. He told the inquiry on Wednesday that the note was not a “recent invention”.

Counsel assisting the inquiry said that “threads of your story pull apart very quickly”. Greenwood had not mentioned the note during a preliminary interview with the watchdog.

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