Sensitive details of the relationship between Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her former partner Daryl Maguire have been inadvertently made public when the ICAC accidentally uploaded a suppressed transcript to its website late on Thursday.
The transcript of a closed corruption hearing was published at 4.45pm, following a private two-hour examination of the disgraced former MP about the nature and extent of his relationship with the Premier.
The ICAC conducted a private hearing on Thursday afternoon for matters that "trespassed" on the personal relationship of Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire.Credit:ICAC
It was more than half an hour before the transcript was removed by the commission. In that time it was seen by members of the media. A corrected version has since been published.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption issued an urgent suppression order on Thursday night about the "erroneous" version of the transcript, stating it "shall not be published, copied or described in any manner."
Mr Maguire was in the witness box for the second time on Thursday, when counsel assisting Scott Robertson requested a closed session at 12.50pm.
He said the private session was necessary because he wished to examine the former MP on matters which "significantly outweigh the public interest" in Mr Maguire and Ms Berejiklian's private relationship.
"The nature and extent of the relationship between the individuals is relevant to the commission's exercise," he said, adding that it "trespasses on matters of considerable personal privacy."
Mr Robertson said it was part of the commission's responsibility to investigate "not just the alleged corrupt conduct, but conduct that is connected with alleged corrupt conduct."
Commissioner Ruth McColl subsequently granted the order and excluded everyone from the hearing room other than counsel assisting commission officers and lawyers for Mr Maguire and Ms Berejiklian.
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Lucy Cormack is a state political reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.
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