Gladys Berejiklian belatedly conceded three years ago that she had “stuffed up” in her personal life. But the former NSW premier has always insisted she executed her public duties “with the highest level of integrity”.

Now the NSW Independent Commission against Corruption has officially ripped away this rationale for some of her actions – or lack of action – over the years of her secret relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire.