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#NSWICAC Berejiklian is asked whether Maguire told her to announce the funding for Riverina Coservatorium during the Wagga. Berejiklian says she has been shown evidence to that effect but would not recall the conversation had she not been shown.
#NSWICAC She is asked to name which of her other colleagues supported the project. She says she can't remember, but her understanding that "everyone" was in support. Robertson clarifies "everyone?" Berejiklian is emphatic: "No, of course not." Can't name any specific indiviuals.
#NSWICAC Robertson asks whether she can recall seeking or receiving any advice from the department or agency supporting the Riverina project. Berejiklian:"I can't remember every piece of advice I received."
#NSWICAC Berejiklian says that Sarah Cruickshank adivised her in 2018 not to have anything more to do with Maguire. "Obviously I didn't follow that particular advice ... "
#NSWICAC Asked if she had told Cruickshank the relationship was over, Berejiklian says she can't recall, but that she thinks she said it had been "on again off again". "Certainly I wanted to make it clear how close we were."
#NSWICAC Robertson: "Did you lie to Ms Cruickshank about the timing of the relationship?"
Berejiklian: "No. I made it very clear that it was a very close relationship."
Berejiklian: "No. I made it very clear that it was a very close relationship."
#NSWICAC Robertson refers to her statement the weekend after Maguire's 2018 ICAC evidence, that he had "let down" his constituents, state and party. Robertson asks if by then she suspected he had engaged in corrupt conduct. She says no.
#NSWICAC She is asked how that can possibly been the case, she says "because that wasn't the person I knew ... "
#NSWICAC Berejiklian insists that if she had any specific concerns about Maguire, she would have reported them. Robertson asks about *everything* that has come to light this morning and Friday. Berejiklian restates that she simply trusted that Maguire had done nothing wrong.
