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  "id": 4588661,
  "title": "Icac lawyer tells Charles Perrottet the key to lying is ‘you have to be really good at remembering it’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/icac-lawyer-tells-charles-perrottet-the-key-to-lying-is-you-have-to-4588661",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T05:49:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/31/icac-charles-perrottet-lawyer-ntwnfb"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Perrottet disagrees when counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC claims brother of former NSW premier is not truthful and ‘constructing evidence’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A brother of former New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet has told Icac he would lie to a property developer about delivering political…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Charles Perrottet becomes Icac’s main character amid claims of hidden payments and political hit jobs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/charles-perrottet-becomes-icacs-main-character-amid-claims-of-hidden",
        "published": "2026-08-28T15:00:05.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Charles Perrottet says he repeatedly lied to developer Jean Nassif to help his mates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/charles-perrottet-says-he-repeatedly-lied-to-developer-jean-nassif-to",
        "published": "2026-08-31T01:57:55.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Charles Perrottet says he repeatedly lied to developer Jean Nassif to help his mates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/charles-perrottet-says-he-repeatedly-lied-to-developer-jean-nassif-to-4545444",
        "published": "2026-08-31T01:57:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Former NSW premier's brother Charles Perrottet accused of lying to ICAC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/former-nsw-premiers-brother-charles-perrottet-accused-of-lying-to-icac",
        "published": "2026-08-31T04:36:31.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}