Even close colleagues of the former NSW premier had no idea of her relationship with Daryl Maguire. In isolation she made the decisions that ended her political career
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian resigned on Friday after ICAC announced it would probe her dealings with her ex-boyfriend, disgraced MP Dodgy Daryl Maguire.
Politics by Anna Caldwell
Premium Content From poorly timed holidays to a cruise ship COVID debacle, Anna Caldwell ranks NSW s biggest political prangs, dings, and just plain wrecks of 2020. Yeah … The October 12 exchange between ICAC counsel assisting Scott Robertson and Gladys Berejiklian is now such a watershed moment in NSW politics, it is a conversation starter - where were you when you found out about Gladys? Like the death of Princess Diana, or 9/11, the unravelling of the Premier s reputation for being a stickler for the rules has become a where-were-you moment in NSW political history. Let s be clear on one thing. This was never about the Premier having a secret boyfriend. The shock and horror goes to questions of ministerial standards and integrity. The unravelling only continued in the weeks afterwards where the Premier, so set in her own belief she never put a foot wrong, refused to answer entirely valid