Gladys Berejiklian told her then lover Daryl Maguire that 'I'll throw money at Wagga, don't you worry about that', a tapped phone call played as evidence at a corruption inquiry has revealed.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption is, in part, investigating if Ms Berejiklian engaged in conduct 'liable to allow or encourage the occurrence of corrupt conduct' by Mr Maguire.
Earlier, the ICAC heard evidence that Mr Maguire and Ms Berejiklian talked about having a baby together, had secret holidays and he had a key to her house, a corruption inquiry has been told in explosive evidence.
Mr Maguire agreed with ICAC counsel Scott Robertson that he and the former NSW premier had 'a close emotional attachment', that he loved her, that 'as far as you could tell, she loved you', 'you contemplated marriage to her' and they had 'a level of physical intimacy'.
'There was a discussion about potentially having a child?' Mr Robertson asked. Mr Maguire agreed with this.
Mr Maguire told the Independent Commission Against Corruption that Ms Berejiklian did not ask for the key to her door back after their relationship ended.
Mr Robertson put it to Mr Maguire that 'At least so far as you're concerned, you remained in a close personal relationship until briefly before the last public inquiry last year?'
'Yes,' Mr Maguire said.
Daryl Maguire (pictured, left) is giving evidence at a corruption inquiry into former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian (right)
Ms Berejiklian had asked Mr Maguire to resign as an MP in July 2018 after his evidence at a previous ICAC inquiry.
She has already told the ICAC that she was still in contact with Mr Maguire until September last year.
Ms Berejiklian has denied wrongdoing.
Mr Maguire confirmed he 'encouraged' Ms Berejiklian 'to take a close interest' in the two multi-million dollar grants which are at the centre of the corruption investigation, and that 'from time to time' she informed him about what she knew about these applications.
He later said 'I lobbied everybody' about projects of interest to him.
'Including Ms Berejiklian?' asked Mr Robertson.
'Of course,' Mr Maguire replied.
Mr Maguire agreed he lobbied Ms Berejiklian about multi-millions of dollars in funding for two organisations in his electorate, including a proposed $5.5 million upgrade at the Australian Clay Target Association (ACTA).
He said this was not unusual but agreed he had more access to Ms Berejiklian because they were in a relationship at the time.
Mr Maguire was sked if he was involved in getting ACTA's funding proposal onto the agenda of the NSW government's expenditure review committee (ERC) meeting in December 2016.
'I don't know. I don't run the ERC. I don't recall. I would have thought the minister would have put it forward or someone from the premier's office,' he said.
Daryl Maguire (pictured, top right) is giving evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing into Gladys Berejiklian
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian's legal team made a last ditch bid to keep her former lover's evidence to ICAC heard in private, but the application was refused
Ms Berejiklian's legal team earlier failed in a last ditch application to have evidence from her secret boyfriend, Mr Maguire, kept private at the corruption inquiry into the former premier.
In calling for a private session, barrister Sophie Callan said she had 'personal privacy concerns of the highest order' for Ms Berejiklian.
She said no public service would be served by 'plumbing the depths' and wanted to prevent any 'humiliation and harm' to her client.
Ms Callan told ICAC Assistant Commissioner Ruth McColl, SC, who is presiding over the inquiry, that she has a discretion to hold part of the hearing in private.
Ms McColl asked Ms Callan her what private details she was referring to.
'Hallmarks or indications at the level of
