Gladys Berejiklian breached public trust and engaged in corrupt conduct ICAC said
She failed to alert ICAC to suspicions her secret lover, Daryl Maguire, was corrupt
And she worked to shore up grants without disclosing the local MP was her boyfriend
Despite the findings, ICAC did not recommend further action for Berejiklian
But prosecutors should consider pursuing Maguire and two others, ICAC said
So, that’s it. After nearly three years – during which time Gladys Berejiklian has well and truly moved on – the only “serious” finding against the former premier is that she failed to dob in her former boyfriend.
She won’t be going to jail, or even to court. As the Independent Commission Against Corruption said, there was a “substantial breach of the ministerial code” but it was “not so serious as to merit criminal punishment”.
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Michael Pelly is the legal editor, based in our Sydney newsroom. He has been a senior adviser to federal and state attorneys-general and written two books, one a biography of former High Court Chief Justice Murray Gleeson. Email Michael at michael.pelly@afr.com
