Exclusive: The whiteboard, the secret lover and Berejiklian’s first fling with leadership | AlexSmithSMH
as leader – previously undisclosed details have emerged that reveal Berejiklian was on track to be premier when Barry O’Farrell unexpectedly quit.
One of the first MPs to throw support behind her leadership bid was Maguire, the Liberal Party whip and member for Wagga Wagga. His backing puzzled her allies, largely because Maguire did not belong to Berejiklian’s moderate faction and had no obvious link to her.Six years later, during an Independent Commission Against Corruption probe into Maguire, the shock revelation emerged that Berejiklian had been in a secret romance with the now-disgraced MP.
Also, former Liberal sports minister John Sidoti was found to have engaged in corrupt conduct, while ex-families minister Gareth Ward is facing trial over sexual assault.
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