“Ms McColl’s services are required for the purposes of her finalising the Operation Keppel report,including participating in the review and editing processes of that report,” the ICAC said.
“The commission is conscious of its obligations under section 74(7) of the ICAC Act to furnish investigation reports as soon as possible after it has concluded its involvement in a matter.”
The ICAC said it had extended McColl’s term in consultation with her and under the section of the act that allows the commission to “engage any suitably qualified person to provide the commission with services,information or advice”.
Berejiklianresigned abruptly as premier in October last year after the ICAC confirmed it was investigating whether she had engaged in conduct that breached public trust during her secret relationship with disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire.
The first elected female premier of NSW was the third Liberal leader to be forced to resign from the state’s top job amid an ICAC scandal,following Barry O’Farrell and Nick Greiner. Berejiklian is currently a senior executive with embattled telecommunications company Optus.
Maguire quit NSW Parliament in July 2018 after a corruption inquiry exposed his attempts to broker property deals and seek commission on behalf of a Chinese developer.
The ICAC Operation Keppel probe in October last year examined whether Berejiklian breached public trust when she awarded grants to several community organisations in the NSW Riverina region between 2012 and 2018.