Leader of Australia’s Most Populous State Resigns as Corruption Probe Announced

Read MoreNew South Wales (NSW) Premier Gladys Berejiklian has resigned after the state’s anti-corruption watchdog announced an investigation into her relationship with a former member of Parliament who is suspected of corruption. “I was advised late yesterday afternoon, the Independent Commission Against Corruption will today, release a public statement in which it stated is investigating allegations made about me concerning matters relating to the former member for Wagga Wagga,” she told reporters on Oct. 1. “It is clear from the ICAC statement the issues which it is investigating are historic matters that have already been the subject of numerous attacks on me by political opponents in the last 12 months,” she added. “I have made it clear on numerous occasions that if any of my ministers were the subject of allegations being investigated by an integrity agency or law enforcement, then he or she should stand aside during the course of …