Dominic Perrottet’s sister-in-law denies lying under oath to protect husband over allegedly illegal donations, Icac hears

Anita Perrottet tells an inquiry hearing that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for ‘strategic and marketing advice’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The sister-in-law of Dominic Perrottet has rejected the suggestion she had been put in an “impossible situation” and lied under oath to cover illegal donations to her husband, an inquiry has heard. Anita Perrottet, wife of Charles Perrottet, told the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to her were for “strategic and marketing advice”. She said she provided verbal advice to Beckington, run by Christian Ellis and Jeremy Greenwood, and JPG Advisory, run by Greenwood. Perrottet could only recall one client from her work for Beckington, for which she was paid as much as $333,500, saying the advice she gave included “creating websites”. The inquiry heard that for a single quarter in January 2022, she was paid almost $255,000 by JPG Advisory for verbal advice alone. As part of its inquiry into corruption into people associated with the NSW Liberals, Icac is investigating whether between