NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's ex-boyfriend Daryl Maguire should face criminal probe, ICAC rules

The ICAC has recommended that the DPP should consider prosecuting Mr Maguire for two offences for giving false and misleading evidence in 2018. 

The ICAC has handed down its finding from Operation Dasha, which was an investigation into the conduct of former councillors from Canterbury City Council.

It also referred several officials from Canterbury Council to the DPP for possible charges.

Revelations during the public hearings in 2018 forced Mr Maguire's resignation from Parliament.

He had been the Liberal MP for Wagga Wagga.

If convicted, Mr Maguire would face a maximum penalty of five years behind bars. 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's ex-boyfriend Daryl Maguire should face criminal probe, ICAC rules

In an extraordinary move, Ms Cusack said she was so appalled with her party’s treatment of women that she will no longer attend parliamentary party room meetings.

“I intend to take some leave and while I won’t be leaving the Liberal party, I will no longer be listening to the [Berejiklian] government,” Ms Cusack said.

She said she had informed NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian of her decision. Ms Cusack’s move will make the government’s position in the upper house even more precarious.

Ms Cusack, who joined the party in 1982, pleaded with federal female MPs to “step up”.

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