July
Top barrister slams Berejiklian over corruption denial
Former ICAC assistant commissioner Anthony Whealy criticised the ex-NSW premier for her defiance after losing an appeal over a corruption finding.
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- Aaron Patrick
September 2023
Berejiklian launches legal bid against ICAC finding
The challenge against the corruption watchdog’s finding that the former NSW premier engaged in serious corrupt conduct while in office is listed for a first directions hearing on October 9.
- Samantha Lock
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Not the apolitical inquiry to COVID-19 lessons Australia needs
Anthony Albanese has undermined what ought to be an examination of what went right, what went wrong and the lessons Australian should draw.
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- The AFR View
July 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
Gladys’ texts are not ‘seriously corrupt’
The point at which the disclosure of a romantic relationship is necessary must now be clarified to avoid deterring women from contributing to politics while searching for love.
- Amanda Stoker
Berejiklian’s boss has ‘zero tolerance’ for corruption
Gladys Berejiklian’s employer is standing by the embattled former premier even as it notes a tough-talking company code of conduct.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Analysis
- Legal profession
Is Gladys Berejiklian ‘seriously’ corrupt?
ICAC found Eddie Obeid “corrupt” and Gladys Berejiklian, who won’t go to jail or face criminal charges, “seriously corrupt”.
- Michael Pelly
June 2023
Berejiklian legal challenge to ICAC likely to ‘end in failure’
Legal experts say any court action by the former NSW Premier has “only a small chance”.
- Michael Pelly
Andrews must explain why four-day China trip cost $82k: Liberals
Daniel Andrews called to explain why his four-day trip to China cost $82,000; Dutton defends Berejiklian; Energy transition too slow and disorderly, says Bowen. How the day unfolded.
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- Gus McCubbing and Maxim Shanahan
ICAC never intended to be a ‘morals tribunal’: Sturgess
“What Gladys did was stupid ... it was grossly improper ... but it wasn’t corrupt in the traditional sense of that term,” the former top public servant said.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Gladys Berejiklian failed ICAC’s test
The former NSW premier will never agree with the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s finding she engaged in serious corrupt conduct. But the damage is done.
- Jennifer Hewett
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- Gladys Berejiklian
Berejiklian conduct corrupt, ICAC faces reforms
The NSW corruption watchdog will be forced to stick to “time standards” under reforms being drafted by the Minns Labor government after taking nearly three years to investigate former premier Gladys Berejiklian.
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- Samantha Hutchinson and Tom Rabe
ICAC report reveals depth of Berejiklian-Maguire relationship
The former NSW premier said her relationship wasn’t serious enough to tell cabinet. The anti-corruption agency disagrees.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Gladys Berejiklian
Nothing criminal about Berejiklian failing to dob in her boyfriend
The former premier won’t be going to jail, or even to court. But the wait she endured was criminal.
- Michael Pelly
When the premier of NSW took a corrupt lover
Gladys Berejiklian’s relationship with a needy country politician led to the downfall of the respected and deeply private Liberal leader.
- Aaron Patrick
The ICAC investigation into Berejiklian: what you need to know
Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been found to have engaged in serious corrupt conduct by the state’s corruption watchdog.
- Tom Rabe
Berejiklian to know her ICAC fate soon. What happened and what’s next?
After months of hearings and more than a year of waiting, the NSW corruption watchdog will hand down its investigation into Gladys Berejiklian soon.
- Tom Rabe
May 2023
Optus backs Berejiklian as ICAC report looms
“We will have to look at the findings when they come out... and then we will decide if there is anything relevant for Optus,” Kelly Bayer Rosmarin said.
- Lucas Baird
March 2023
Will Paul Brereton be too slow for corruption body?
If the new National Anti-Corruption Commission gets the same reputation as the NSW ICAC for being a slowcoach, fingers will be pointed at the commissioner.
- Michael Pelly
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Another election slide into bigger spending, debt and government
Australia’s post-2008 political slide continued in NSW on Saturday, without any sign of the microeconomic reform agenda that created the nation’s modern prosperity.
- The AFR View
January 2023
- Opinion
- NSW Election
Why Coalition governments are a threatened species
The fate of the Perrottet government at the March election will resonate well beyond NSW.
- Jennifer Hewett