New South Wales' corruption watchdog will investigate Premier Gladys Berejiklian over whether she breached public trust.
Ms Berejiklian has called a media conference for 1pm AEST where she will make a 'significant announcement'. You can livestream that at the top of the page.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) will hold public hearings into whether Ms Berejiklian engaged in conduct that "involved a breach of public trust".
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In a statement, ICAC said: "The Commission is investigating whether, between 2012 and 2018, the Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP engaged in conduct that ... constituted or involved a breach of public trust by exercising public functions in circumstances where she was in a position of conflict between her public duties and her private interest as a person who was in a personal relationship with the then NSW Member of Parliament, Mr Daryl Maguire."
ICAC will investigate any "position of conflict" between her professional role and her private relationship with Mr Maguire, then a member of state parliament.
https://twitter.com/9NewsAUS/status/1443764510960013316ICAC will investigate whether her private relationship led to grant funding going to the Australian Clay Target Association Inc in 2016 and 2017, and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in 2018.
Both organisations are based in Wagga Wagga, the city in country NSW represented at the time by Mr Maguire.
ICAC will also investigate whether Ms Berejiklian "was liable to allow or encourage the occurrence of corrupt conduct by Mr Maguire".
https://twitter.com/cokeefe9/status/1443759622079148066Mr Maguire himself will be investigated for conduct that involved a breach of public trust.
The public inquiry will be held from October 18 and is expected to last for 10 days.
A witness list will be published closer to the date.
More to come...
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