# ‘Scott and Damien are afraid’: senior Liberal questioned at ICAC over former staffer’s message

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- The Guardian, 2026-08-04 05:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/04/scott-and-damien-are-afraid-senior-liberal-quizzed-about-former-staffers-message-at-icac-ntwnfb

> NSW shadow attorney general Damien Tudehope has appeared before a corruption inquiry. The hearing heard that Jean-Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of former premier Dominic Perrottet, was talented at recruiting and renewing Liberal party members. Tudehope was also questioned about a 2018 message in which his former staffer wrote that “Scott and Damien are afraid”. The evidence was given during the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s Operation Rosny.