Gladys Berejiklian's choice of words - 'don't you worry about that' - in a tapped phone call played to a corruption inquiry yesterday were unfortunate. One of Australia's most notorious politicians, the late Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, used that exact phrase when he wanted to stop journalists questioning him. It may come back to haunt her today, as Ms Berejiklian's highly anticipated appearance before the Independent Commission Against Corruption reaches fever pitch, following a day of sensational evidence. The ICAC had everything on Thursday - political intrigue, tapped phone calls, a severed alliance and the baby dreams of a middle-aged woman laid bare for the world to read about. There has been more drama in ICAC over the past two weeks than a year of reality television. And it will all come to crescendo on Friday - when Ms Berejiklian faces the inquiry for the first time since her shock resignation. Former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will finally get to have her say at ICAC on Friday Yesterday started with one of the former NSW premier's barristers making a last ditch application to have evidence from her secret boyfriend, Mr Maguire, kept secret. Sophie Callan SC said she had 'personal privacy concerns of the highest order' for Ms Berejiklian. Ms Berejiklian's remarks were an unfortunate echo of Joh Bjelke-Peterson's She said no public service would be served by 'plumbing the depths' of Ms Berejiklian's private life and wanted to prevent any 'humiliation and harm' to her client. ICAC Assistant Commissioner Ruth McColl, SC, who is presiding over the inquiry, asked Ms Callan her what private details she was referring to. Ms Callan replied in legal terms: 'Hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' in that relationship. After adjourning briefly to consider her position, Ms McColl announced she had rejected the application for a private hearing. Soon after, we discovered what exactly 'hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' actually meant. In sensational evidence heard shortly after Mr Maguire began his evidence, ICAC counsel Scott Robertson asked about his relationship with Ms Berejiklian. 'You loved her?' he asked. ICAC is investigating whether Ms Berejiklian 1. Engaged in conduct between 2012 and 2018 that was 'liable to allow or encourage the occurrence of corrupt conduct' by former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire, with whom she was in a close personal relationship between 2015 and 2018 2. Exercised her official functions dishonestly or partially by refusing to exercise her duty to report any reasonable suspicions about Mr Maguire to the ICAC 3. Exercised any of her official functions partially in connection with two multimillion-dollar grants in Mr Maguire's electorate, to the Australian Clay Target Association Inc and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music Advertisement 'Yes,' Mr Maguire said. 'And so far as you can ascertain, she loved you as well?' Mr Robertson asked. 'Yes,' Mr Maguire said. 'You contemplated marriage?' Mr Robertson asked. 'Yes,' Mr Maguire said. 'There was a discussion about potentially having a child?' Mr Robertson asked. 'Yes,' Mr Maguire said. The evidence that the couple had talked about having a baby was a bombshell to rival Ms Berejiklian's evidence a year ago to ICAC that she had been in a 'close personal relationship' with Mr Maguire. Rivalling the baby revelation for shock value was a tapped phone call played to the ICAC on Thursday afternoon. 'I'll throw money at Wagga, don't you worry about that,' Ms Berejiklian was recorded saying to Mr Maguire in a conversation about the 2018 Wagga Wagga by-election which followed his resignation as an MP. Those with long memories or a very keen interest in state politics will recall that the disgraced former Queensland premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen used the same phrase - 'don't you worry about that' - in the 1980s. Mr Maguire also mentioned the 'top three things' he wanted for the electorate and suggested one project was being blocked by bureaucrats. Ms Berejiklian said 'don't worry; I can overrule them'. 'Give them a f**king stadium,' Mr Maguire advised the then premier on the tapped phone conversation. Ms McColl asked Mr Maguire about Ms Berejiklian's reference to overruling bureaucrats. 'She (Ms Berejiklian) had the power to make money flow to the electorate?' Ms McColl asked Mr Maguire. 'Yes, that's correct,' he replied. ICAC is, in part, investigating if Ms Berejiklian engaged in conduct 'liable to allow or encourage the occurrence of corrupt conduct' by Mr Maguire. After Mr Robertson had finished his questions, Ms Callan returned and referred to evidence Mr Maguire had given where he agreed that he and the former premier had spoken about getting married and having a baby. Ms Callan put it to Mr Maguire that 'You never met any member of Ms Berejiklian's family?' 'No,' Mr Maguire replied. 'She was not introduced to your family, for instance, as Daryl's girlfriend?' 'No, not officially. I did know them (from political functions),' Mr Maguire replied. '(You) did not celebrate any form of anniversary date?' 'No,' Mr Maguire replied. Daryl Maguire (pictured, top right) gave evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing into Gladys Berejiklian 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 in Wagga Wagga. He said this was not unusual but agreed he had more access to Ms Berejiklian because they were in a relationship at the time. Ms Berejiklian has denied wrongdoing. At 10am, she will finally get to give her side of the story - and she won't be giving the ICAC glib answers such as 'don't you worry about that.' 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 All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility