O’Farrell Resigns as New South Wales Premier Over Wine Gift
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Barry O’Farrell said he will resign as premier of Australia’s most-populous state after misleading a corruption inquiry over a A$3,000 ($2,800) bottle of wine he received as a gift.
O’Farrell, who yesterday told the Independent Commission Against Corruption he had no recollection of receiving the 1959 bottle of Penfolds Grange, today apologized for a “massive memory fail” after the inquiry was presented with a thank-you note he’d signed.