Gladys Berejiklian, ICAC: Why ex-NSW leader is regretting Kyle and Jackie O, ...

Gladys Berejiklian, ICAC: Why ex-NSW leader is regretting Kyle and Jackie O, ...
Gladys Berejiklian, ICAC: Why ex-NSW leader is regretting Kyle and Jackie O, ...

Gladys Berejiklian's day at ICAC has finally come - after six months of private hearings, two weeks of public hearings and 500 pieces of evidence.

But she will be regretting having spoken so openly last year about her 'close personal relationship' with Daryl Maguire a year ago after she admitted the disgraced MP was her secret boyfriend at a previous Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry. 

Shortly after shocking the state with her revelation, the then-NSW Premier seemingly spoke candidly about her doomed love affair with Mr Maguire with 2GB's Ben Fordham, radio presenters Kyle and Jackie O and Sunday Telegraph gossip columnist Annette Sharp. 

The interviews appeared to engender public sympathy for Ms Berejiklian - but they came back to bite her on Thursday when the counsel assisting the ICAC, Scott Robertson, threw them back in her face with devastating results.   

Gladys Berejiklian gave selected media interviews after admitting her secret relationship with Daryl Maguire at a previous ICAC hearing

Gladys Berejiklian gave selected media interviews after admitting her secret relationship with Daryl Maguire at a previous ICAC hearing

On Thursday morning, Ms Berejiklian's legal team launched a last ditch application to have evidence from Mr Maguire kept private at the corruption inquiry into the former premier. 

Sophie Callan, a barrister acting for Ms Berejiklian, told ICAC Assistant Commissioner Ruth McColl, SC, who is presiding over the inquiry, that 'hallmarks or indications at the level of commitment' in the relationship with Mr Maguire should not be aired publicly. 


ICAC counsel Scott Robertson said the application should be refused. 'A public inquiry is to be held in public,' he said.

He added that having a private session would risk it 'becoming a public inquiry in name only'.

Mr Robertson argued that the hearing should be able to publicly delve into the nature of the relationship between Ms Berejiklian and Mr Maguire because the former premier openly gave interviews to the press after a previous ICAC hearing a year ago about how she planned to marry him.  

Daryl Maguire, the former secret boyfriend of Gladys Berejiklian, said the couple talked about getting married and having a baby

Daryl Maguire, the former secret boyfriend of Gladys Berejiklian, said the couple talked about getting married and having a baby

Gladys Berejiklian (centre) with Kyle (right) and Jackie O (left) of KISS FM

Gladys Berejiklian (centre) with Kyle (right) and Jackie O (left) of KISS FM

Ms Berejiklian told the Kyle and Jackie O radio show that while revealing details about her personal relationship had been 'humiliating and embarrassing', it had made her

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