The report also found that in 2018, Ms Berejiklian breached public trust, breached the ministerial code and engaged in serious corrupt conduct by failing to disclose a conflict of interest when she promised $20 million for a new recital hall for the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Mr Maguire's electorate. Giving evidence to the inquiry, then deputy premier John Barilaro said most of those present "would have done everything differently" had they been aware of the relationship between Ms Berejiklian and Mr Maguire. In the exercising of her official functions, it said Ms Berejiklian was influenced by her relationship with Mr Maguire or by a desire to "maintain or advance that relationship". When Ms Berejiklian was treasurer, the Expenditure Review Committee considered a $5.5 million grant to the Australian Clay Target Association. Instead it found that Ms Berejiklian "turned her mind" to whether to disclose her close personal relationship with Mr Maguire but "deliberately failed to do so". The report found her failure to do so "could not be put down to an honest error of judgement". The report found Ms Berejiklian was aware of her duty to disclose any conflict of interest, giving evidence that she was "a stickler for doing things by the book". In December 2016, when Ms Berejiklian was treasurer, the NSW government's Expenditure Review Committee was considering a submission from the Australian Clay Target Association in Mr Maguire's Wagga Wagga electorate for a $5.5 million grant for the development of a new clubhouse. The inquiry examined whether this covert relationship influenced Ms Berejiklian's decision-making both as treasurer and premier. The former premier described Mr Maguire as "part of my love circle" but told the inquiry she did not think the relationship was of sufficient status to disclose it publicly. The couple discussed marriage and the possibility of having a child together. Failure to declare conflict of interestīoth Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire gave evidence to the corruption inquiry that they were in a "close personal relationship" that started around the time of the 2015 election. The report concluded that in refusing to report these suspicions to the ICAC, the former premier failed to discharge her duty under the ICAC Act. The report found that a pattern emerged where Ms Berejiklian was aware of Mr Maguire seeking to make money out of property deals as well as using his public office for private gain.īy July 2018, when Mr Maguire was called to give evidence at the ICAC's Operation Dasha inquiry into the former Canterbury City Council, the commission found, Ms Berejiklian had "reached a state of actual suspicion" regarding Mr Maguire's involvement in a land deal at Badgerys Creek, the site of the planned Western Sydney Airport. MAGUIRE: Hawkiss good news One of my contacts sold a motel for 5.8 million I had put her in contact so I should make 5kīEREJIKLIAN: Congrats!!! Great News!! Woo hoo Mr Maguire refers to Ms Berejiklian as "hawkiss", an Armenian term of endearment. This exchange of text messages dates back to February 2014. Ms Berejiklian maintains her then relationship to Mr Maguire was not of "sufficient significance" to disclose.
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