Gladys Berejiklian was not simply brought low by a bad boyfriend. She has been found to have acted corruptly

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was found to have engaged in ‘serious corrupt conduct’ by the Icac. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

For some in New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian will forever remain a woman who was brought low by a dodgy boyfriend.

When Berejiklian resigned as premier in October 2021, after the Independent Commission against Corruption expanded its Operation Keppel to focus on her, there were strong and competing emotions among the public: shock, disappointment, indignation, even abandonment.