Corruption Watchdog Finds Former Premier Guilty of ‘Corrupt Conduct,’ No Criminal Charges Pressed

Corruption Watchdog Finds Former Premier Guilty of ‘Corrupt Conduct,’ No Criminal Charges Pressed
Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian walks to speak to the media as she departs the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Sydney, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2021. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
Rebecca Zhu
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New South Wales (NSW) state corruption watchdog found that former Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Member of Parliament Daryl Maguire engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” after a nearly three-year investigation.

In a report published on June 29, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found that Berejiklian had substantially broken the ministerial code in 2017-18 when she failed to declare a conflict of interest by keeping her relationship with Maguire under wraps.