. Likewise, former Liberal premier Barry O’Farrell was forced to resign in 2014 after an ICAC probe revealed that he had accepted a $3,000 bottle of wine from Australian Water Holdings. The gift — and O’Farrell’s handwritten thank-you note — were exchanged in the course of negotiating a lucrative public-private partnership. Seen in this context, Maguire and the premier’s alleged conduct is business as usual in NSW.