Who is Daryl Maguire, the former MP Premier Gladys Berejiklian was in a relationship with?
Revelations of a secret relationship between NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire rocked the government yesterday.
Private conversations between the pair were played at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Mr Maguire's alleged wrongdoing.
Ms Berejiklian told ICAC the pair were in a "close personal relationship" for five years and admitted in a later press conference she had "stuffed up" in her personal life.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former MP Daryl Maguire. Supplied
The former NSW Liberal MP is currently at the centre of an ICAC inquiry into alleged corruption. Janie Barrett/Supplied
So who is Daryl Maguire and how did we get here?
Mr Maguire served as the NSW member for Wagga Wagga from 1999 to 2018.
In March 2011, he was appointed as whip under former premier Barry O'Farrell's government.
Mr O'Farrell resigned as NSW premier in 2014 after misleading ICAC during a separate investigation.
Mr Maguire quit the parliamentary Liberal Party in July 2018 after a corruption inquiry heard secret recordings of him discussing potential commissions with a local councillor from property deals with a wealthy Chinese developer.
He was recorded asking a former Canterbury city councillor what "margin" he would get from the "quick sale" of a site in Canterbury that had been approved for 300 units.
"1.5 per cent isn't enough divided by two, if you know what I mean?" Mr Maguire said.
In August he resigned from parliament, forcing a by-election in his seat of Wagga Wagga.
Ms Berejiklian and Mr Maguire were together at the time and the premier had to publicly fire the man she was in a secret relationship with.
They had discussed making their relationship public in 2019.
The relationship only ended in August of this year.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian after facing ICAC yesterday. Sam Mooy/Getty Images
Ms Berejiklian said she was "ok" when asked outside of her home in Sydney today. Nine News
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Mr Maguire was married to Maureen Maguire and the pair have two children.
They have been estranged for a number of years.
This time, Mr Maguire is back in the spotlight for allegedly misusing his position in public office for his own financial gain.
He will face the ICAC hearing tomorrow.
He is likely to give evidence for two days.
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