A senior New South Wales Liberal Party factional figure, Jeremy Greenwood, told the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC, Australia's state-level anti-corruption watchdog) on Wednesday that a message in which he asked to be fitted with a recording device before a political meeting was merely a "silly comment" and not a serious plan. Greenwood, along with associates Charles Perrottet and Christian Ellis, faces allegations that they collectively received $2 million from fugitive property developer Jean Nassif in exchange for political favours, including attempts to remove the state's building commissioner and damage the career of a sitting Liberal minister. The inquiry has heard evidence of text messages discussing negative media campaigns, a compiled dossier to discredit a colleague, and payments linked to a luxury car purchase, with the commission's counsel suggesting Greenwood's explanations are inconsistent and partly fabricated.