Just make sure you’ve taken lawyers’ advice. 05.47 CEST 'Just be careful': Berejiklian urges Maguire to be wary over Icac probe I must have killed a black cat and 10 Chinamen and walked under a couple of ladders. Maguire says that’s why he didn’t want to tell her: She says she is a “bit distressed for you now”. Maguire asks Berejiklian how her day is going. She said, ‘Did you accept money?’ and I said, ‘Not on your bloody life.’ If I had a deal I would have got a solicitor and done things properly, because that’s how I work. I’m calm because that’s what the girl said to me. How long will the hearing take?Īgain, Berejiklian wants to know if Maguire’s lawyers have any concerns. He says this is all creating a system where MPs will just “warm the seat” and not have a go at helping anybody.īerejiklian asks more details. in a way that paints you as fucking corrupt if you have a conversation. What’s happening is that MPs and others are being muted by the fact that you have all this overseeing. Nobody can have a conversation, nobody can make representations. Maguire says he is just a witness but the problem is that he could be implicated by some innocent comment. Maguire again complains Icac could be recording their phone calls.īut I’m just saying to you that’s the power that these organisations have, that’s the real issue. Not the referee running around the field. The referees are not in charge now, the goddamn media, and the viewing world are in charge of the decisions that are made. Maguire again rails against “transparency” and the powers of Icac. She goes on to warn “people will use you”. It’s all wrong.ĭon’t get involved in anything you don’t need to. Whatever happened to people being able to tell you about their problems and you being able to take up their problems for them? It’s all wrong. 06.21 CEST Berejiklian warns Maguire 'people will use you' and asks if tapes of their phone calls would 'be a problem' She said the discussion had piqued her interest, prompting her detailed questioning, but that she trusted Maguire and was confident in his explanation. Asked about the calls, Berejiklian insisted that she was satisfied with Maguire’s assurances that he had done nothing wrong. Icac is, of course, exploring whether Berejiklian should have notified it of her suspicions about misconduct by Maguire.She also warned Maguire about the associates he’s been dealing with, saying “they’re dodgy”, and said “people will use you”. Berejiklian asked Maguire whether recordings of their phone calls are “going to be a problem”.“They could be taping your conversation with me right now, you wouldn’t know,” he said. But he went on to rail against the powers of Icac and warned the then premier that their phone call may be being recorded. Maguire assured her that he hadn’t taken any money for helping Country Garden and that he was only appearing as a witness.Berejiklian urged Maguire to “just be careful”. She asked what it was trying to establish, what Maguire’s lawyers had said, and said a question in her mind would be why a regional MP was so interested in property dealings in Sydney’s inner west. She showed a close interest in what Icac was looking for. Berejiklian quickly asked whether there was “ anything to worry about ?”.Daryl Maguire called Gladys Berejiklian to warn her that he was about to appear before Icac over his involvement in the property dealings of Chinese development giant Country Garden.The phone taps Icac heard this afternoon were truly extraordinary. 06.53 CEST Phone taps reveal detailed discussion of Maguire's looming Icac appearance
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