Corruption has been ingrained in the political culture of NSW, from the days of its founding in the 19th century.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has become ensnared this week in the sensational ICAC hearings into alleged corruption by former MP Daryl Maguire — and suddenly finds her future very much in doubt.
Historian John Hirst said that after 1856,"to conservatives it appeared as if the government had been debased into a giant system of corruption with needy ministers and members bound together by their joint interest in plunder". • a royal commission in 1905 revealed Lands Minister Paddy Crick had been involved in large-scale extortion and corruption, leading to his resignation• the 1951 Maxwell Royal Commission revealed widespread police involvement in corruption and the “sly grog” trade
Ironically, Mr Greiner was an early victim of the new body. In 1992, it found him guilty of corruption for appointing renegade Liberal MP Terry Metherell to a senior public service position to allow the government to regain his safe seat.The finding was overturned by the courts on appeal and most today would agree that Mr Greiner had acted corruptly in only a technical sense.
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