Gladys Berejiklian’s lonely love life before Daryl Maguire ruined her life and she met her boyfriend

March 25, 1959 – Maguire was born in Hay, NSW

July 7, 1992 – Maguire runs a successful Harvey Norman furniture franchise in the capital of Riverina and buys a four-bedroom mid-century house in Turvey Park, Wagga Wagga, for $130,000

March 27, 1999 – Maguire is elected to the NSW State Parliament to represent Wagga as a Liberal MP

March 22, 2003 – Maguire is re-elected and appointed Opposition Whip

July 31, 2003 – Maguire buys 15-acre four-bedroom family home in North Wagga for $100,000

February 5, 2005 – Maguire sells Turvey Park home for $320,000

March 24, 2007 – Maguire reelected

March 4, 2010 – Maguire buys a one-bedroom apartment on Pacific Highway in Sydney’s Lane Cove for $240,000

March 26, 2011 – Maguire is re-elected and appointed Government Whip

October 2, 2012 – G8way International is formed with Wagga RSL director Phillip Elliot as sole director and shareholder. He later tells ICAC that Maguire was the real director “pulling all the strings.” The company was allegedly used as a front for Maguire’s corrupt activities

2013 – Maguire separates from wife Maureen, with whom he has two children, Kara and James

may 2013 – ICAC hears Mr Elliot of G8way International say their immigration contact, Maggie Wang, told him that visa applicants ‘wouldn’t really come to work full time’, and the plan was based on ‘telling lies to immigration’

2013/14 – Maguire says his relationship begins with then Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian

February 11th 2014 – The two text each other, as Maguire calls Mrs. Berejiklian “Hawkiss” and brags about the money he makes from a deal to sell a motel and Mrs. Berejiklian asks him how much commission he gets

February 24, 2014 – Maguire is appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister for Rural and Regional Affairs

April 24, 2014 – Maguire is appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Veterans and ANZAC Centenary

November 2014 – In the photo, Maguire and Ms. Berejiklian see Chinese President Xi Jinping

2015 – Maguire is reportedly trying to act as a go-between for Chinese businessmen looking to set up a casino in the South Pacific

March 28, 2015 – Maguire is re-elected

April 2015 – Ms. Berejiklian says the relationship with Maguire starts around the same time she is appointed treasurer

August 26, 2015 – Maguire is appointed Secretary of State for Corrections, Emergency Services, Veterans and ANZAC Centenary

January 26, 2016 – Maguire writes to Ms Berejiklian asking for $4.5 million in grant for Australian Clay Target Association in Wagga.

August 2, 2016 – Maguire defends Prime Minister Mike Baird’s ban on greyhound racing despite protests from the bush. His neighbor and dog trainer says Maguire’s attitude stemmed from an argument over the sound of his greyhounds as Maguire tried to sell the property

October 4, 2016 – Maguire buys wood plank cabin in Ivanhoe, NSW, for $8,000

November 17, 2016 – Maguire meets with Mrs. Berejiklian to expedite the upgrade of the Cobb Highway that runs through Ivanhoe. The budget for the resealing project will increase sharply in the coming years

February 1, 2017 – Maguire is appointed parliamentary secretary for the centenary of ANZAC, counter-terrorism, corrections and veterans

March 2017 – Maguire emails Ms Berejiklian about the ICAC inquiry delaying the clay pigeon club project: ‘Typical of our bull***t government’

June 28, 2017 – Property details have been adjusted on Maguire’s Lane Cove and North Wagga properties

August 2017 – An increased grant application of $5.5 million has been approved for a new clubhouse, facilities and function center at the Australian Clay Target Association in Wagga. G8way International was later linked to supply furniture for the 1,000-seat convention center

September 8, 2017 – Maguire buys adjacent property in Ivanhoe for $750. It had previously been sold in 1992 for $2,400.

October 2017 – Maguire is included and tells Ms Berejiklian: ‘Wagga is the center of the universe… That’s why we need a stadium. That’s why we need a conservatory. That’s why we need the things Sydney has.’

November 25, 2017 – Maguire is named an honorary adviser to the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, which aims to ‘encourage economic exchanges between Australia and China’

December 2017 – Maguire steps down as co-director of family business Maguire Trading

December 18, 2017 – Maguire tells estate agent friend William Luong he can get map details of the proposed M9 route for potential commercial advantage. ICAC learns that Maguire had also tried to obtain confidential details of land in Cawdor in the Wollondilly Shire for Mr Luong in exchange for a commission.

2017/18 – Maguire reaches a divorce settlement with estranged wife Maureen that reportedly cost him $1.5 million to buy out her share of their North Wagga properties, now valued at $2.6 million, their Sydney unit and horse company

February 16, 2018 – Maguire publicly announces $10 million funding for Riverina Conservatorium of Music with more to come

May 2018 – Ms. Berejiklian tells Maguire that $10 million in funding for the Riverina Conservatorium of Music has been ‘ticked off…so that’s a foregone conclusion now’. In October 2021, another $20 million in funding for a recital hall was cut.

May 2018 – Maguire allegedly falsely tried to use his role as chairman of the NSW Parliament Asia Pacific Friendship Group to push Chinese companies to sell oil products in Australia

July 13, 2018 – Maguire is exposed in ICAC’s Operation Dasha for taking orders from developers. Through a partnership with former Canterbury councilor Michael Hawatt, Maguire reportedly received installments from a ‘massive’ Chinese client seeking to buy into approved projects

He resigns as parliamentary secretary and as a member of the Liberal Party, but remains an independent MP, promising to remain in office until the March 2019 elections.

July 19, 2018 – Maguire demands privacy after his son-in-law’s death

August 3, 2018 – Maguire bows to the pressure and eventually resigns from parliament

September 8, 2018 – The taint of corruption ends 61 years of Liberal MPs for Wagga, with Independent MP Joe McGirr winning the by-election triggered by Maguire’s resignation.

At the time, Ms Berejiklian said the result was a strong message.

“There is an underlying distrust in the way government works. I need to fix that and show the community that we’re here for them,” she said.

March 23, 2019 – Ms. Berejiklian is re-elected Prime Minister while still having a secret relationship with Maguire

February 4, 2019 – Maguire’s Lane Cove estate is being sold for $430,000

September 13, 2020 – Mrs. Berejiklian cuts off all contact with Maguire, but the relationship remains a secret

September 21, 2020 – ICAC learns Maguire allegedly used G8way International as a front for commercial interests in China, Australia and the South Pacific involving Chinese associates, and also sold government access

Two Wagga businessmen told ICAC they received $30,000 to falsely employ three Chinese nationals as part of the visa scam allegedly run through G8way International

October 12, 2020 – Ms Berejiklian publicly reveals for the first time that she had a ‘close personal relationship’ with ‘my numero uno’ Maguire for five years

October 14, 2020 – Maguire admits to ICAC that he used his position as an MP to earn money for himself and his associates.

He also admits that none of the applicants in G8way International’s cash-for-visa program have ever worked on a consistent basis for the employers who sponsor them.

October 16, 2021 – After a four-year hiatus, Maguire begins again advertising his horse business – feeding and boarding other people’s horses on his 15-acre estate – on Facebook as a source of income.