NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has resisted calls to resign despite revelations she had a 'close personal relationship' with a disgraced ex-government MP who she was still in contact with as recently as a month ago.
Ms Berejiklian said she has always been a private person and the scandal had become a “personal nightmare”.
“She cannot possibly stay as the premier of this state, given the extraordinary evidence that has been given to the ICAC today,” she told reporters on Monday afternoon. They last spoke on 13 September - less than a month ago - and Ms Berejiklian ceased communication only after agreeing to attend the ICAC inquiry.
"I would never, ever, ever turn a blind eye from any responsibility that I had to disclose any wrongdoing that I saw, or any activity that I thought was not in keeping with what a member of parliament should be doing," Ms Berejiklian told the inquiry.
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