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Icac gladys verdict12/16/2023 ![]() It undermined the high standards of probity that are sought to be achieved by the ministerial code which, as premier, Ms Berejiklian substantially administered,” the Icac found. “Berejiklian must have known that she was not entitled to refuse to exercise her official functions for her own private benefit, or for the benefit of Mr Maguire. Icac noted Berejiklian was premier at the time she failed to report her suspicions, and found doing so to protect herself or Maguire was “grave misconduct”. In its findings released on Thursday, Icac found that “Ms Berejiklian engaged in serious corrupt conduct by refusing to discharge her duty under section 11 of the Icac Act to notify the Commission of her suspicion that Mr Maguire had engaged in activities which concerned, or might have concerned, corrupt conduct”. In one conversation where Maguire discussed hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions he stood to gain from brokering a land deal, Berejiklian responded: “I don’t need to know about that bit.” “The Commission further rejects Ms Berejiklian’s submission that her close personal relationship with Mr Maguire could not amount to a private interest under the ministerial code,” the Icac found.īerejiklian’s failure to report suspicions that Maguire engaged in corrupt conduct to the Icac was itself found to be “serious corrupt conduct”.ĭuring hearings at Icac, phone taps were played of conversations between Berejiklian and Maguire. The Commission rejects that submission, and finds that Ms Berejiklian substantially breached the ministerial code by failing in her duty to act honestly and in the public interest in her conduct regarding the RCM proposal,” the Commission found. “Ms Berejiklian submitted to the Commission that, as premier, the ministerial code did not apply to her. Icac also found Berejiklian “substantially breached the ministerial code”, and criticised her for maintaining that she didn’t need to disclose her relationship with Maguire. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup It found she was “influenced by the existence of her close personal relationship with Mr Maguire, or by a desire on her part to maintain or advance that relationship, in connection with funding promised and awarded”. Icac also found Berejiklian “breached public trust” in relation to a $10m grant for the Riverina Conservatorium of Music (RCM) in 2018 which she knew was being “advanced by Mr Maguire”. ![]() ![]() The Icac found that Berejiklian “was in a position of a conflict of interest between her public duty and her private interest, which could objectively have the potential to influence the performance of her public duty”. ![]()
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