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MURDERED Sydney standover man Michael McGurk and property developer Ron Medich discussed making payments to senior NSW government figures, a corruption inquiry has been told.
The conversation was allegedly recorded by Mr McGurk via a digital audio device hidden in his pocket during a meeting in Sydney's York St on February 6, 2009.
An inquiry into Mr McGurk's murder and related Sydney business dealings are the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing that began today.
A short section of the tape was played at the hearing, which is investigating 13 allegations of bribery and corrupt dealings which surfaced after Mr McGurk was gunned down outside his Sydney home on September 3, 2009.
The tape excerpt played today contained a section of conversation between Mr McGurk and Mr Medich in which they discussed payments being made to senior NSW civil servants relating to a property development.
Mr McGurk believed the tape contained explosive bribery allegations capable of bringing down state MPs and senior civil servants.
But counsel assisting the commission, Jeremy Gormly SC, told the hearing he did not believe the tape contained allegations as serious as Mr McGurk believed, which he conveyed to others before his death.
Mr Medich has previously denied that he knew anything about a plot to murder Mr McGurk.
The hearing is expected to last three days.
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