News & Views Why motive doesn’t excuse the corrupt conduct of elected officials, but does matter While Berejiklian’s conduct was inexcusable, her fatal flaw was not innate immorality; it was naivety and a flattened sense of self worth.
News & Views It’s an insult to Berejiklian’s intelligence to paint her as an unknowing victim When NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed a long, ‘personal relationship’ with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, she suggested she’d been oblivious to his misdemeanours.