This is why we can’t trust Gladys Berejiklian (a thread) #nswpol

She knew Daryl Maguire was getting commissions for brokering property deals as far back as 2014. She even congratulated him in private texts and asked for details. #nswpol

She knew Maguire was $1.5 million in debt and knew that he was working on something in Badgerys Creek that he believed could clear his debts. When Maguire told her a land deal was done, she replied “I don’t need to know about that bit”.  #nswpol

In another taped call, Maguire talked about introducing his ‘little friend’ to someone and asked if the Premier knew who he meant. She again replied “I don’t need to know”. #nswpol

She knew Maguire took property developer Louise Waterhouse to Berejiklian’s office and arranged a meeting with Jock Sowter from the Roads Minister’s office. She denied knowing about it, until ICAC played a recorded phone call in which he told her. #nswpol

She knew Maguire was directly intervening in a private business deal between Australian-based agribusiness UWE and a Chinese company, and she knew that UWE was not in his electorate.  #nswpol

She advised him how to push the Minister for Trade to help fix the problem, and said she ‘didn’t care’ if he caused trouble for the Minister. Maguire had taken money from UWE in the past & had discussed being appointed as a board member or adviser after his Parliamentary career.

She knew Maguire was advocating for property developers in Sydney and she received representations about a developer’s specific project direct to her private inbox. #nswpol

She knew Maguire had various outside business interests but never checked whether he was complying with the Ministerial Code of Conduct or the code of conduct for Members of Parliament. #nswpol

She continued to maintain a relationship with Maguire even after he was disgraced at ICAC back in 2018, and only cut off contact with him in September this year after she was called before ICAC. #nswpol