Liberal operative was offered $1,000 to get media to cover ‘grubby rumour’ minister was having affair, Icac hears

<p>Sharangan Maheswaran says his bid for story on unsubstantiated rumour about then-Liberal minister David Elliott was ‘not a serious offer’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/23/anthony-albanese-un-assembly-ai-social-medi