Berejiklian Lawyers Argue Personal Relationships Not Proof of Corruption

Published on February 26, 2024

Ministers’ personal relationships don’t automatically imply corruption, lawyers for former New South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian argued in her bid to overturn corruption findings linked to her secret relationship with a fellow MP. In a two-day hearing at the NSW Court of Appeal, Ms. Berejiklian hired high-profile lawyer Bret Walker SC to challenge the Independent Commission Against Corruption’s (ICAC) ruling that she engaged in serious corruption about funding grants to her former partner, Liberal MP Daryl Maguire’s electorate. Instances of “serious corrupt conduct” include Ms. Berejiklian sitting on a cabinet committee discussing multimillion-dollar funding plans that Mr. Maguire pushed to benefit his Wagga Wagga electorate....

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