NSW parliamentary inquiry to use firm to track down key witnesses, including two of Dominic Perrottet’s brothers

Committee examining allegations of impropriety' against a Sydney council and developers will take the unusual step of using a private contractor to serve summons

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A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry examining allegations of impropriety" against a suburban Sydney council and property developers says it will hire private contractors to track down key witnesses who are failing to cooperate" with the inquiry, including two of Dominic Perrottet's brothers, in an extraordinary bid to force them to answer questions at a public hearing.

On Tuesday an upper house committee examining the role and influence of developers and their interactions with councillors and members of parliament" at the Hills Shire council took the unusual step of saying it would contract a private firm to issue Charles and Jean-Claude Perrottet with formal summons to appear.

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