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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

Matt Kean lashes Icac for ‘public political lynching’ of Gladys Berejiklian as report release looms

Gladys Berejiklian  and Daryl Maguire
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian (L), who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, resigned after Icac announced she was being investigated along with former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire. Photograph: Les Smith/Daily Advertiser/ACM

Former New South Wales treasurer Matt Kean is calling for reform of the state’s corruption watchdog just days before it hands down its report on former premier Gladys Berejiklian, after a process he described as a “public political lynching”.

The senior Liberal said the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) should keep its investigations secret until final findings were ready to be made public if they could not work faster.

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