Grange affair a hard act to swallow

By Deborah Snow, Sean Nicholls
Updated April 19 2014 - 3:13pm, first published 8:02am
Barry O'Farrell's faltering memory is exposed at his news conference denial of a gift of Grange after his ICAC appearance on Tuesday. Photo: Sasha Woolley
Barry O'Farrell's faltering memory is exposed at his news conference denial of a gift of Grange after his ICAC appearance on Tuesday. Photo: Sasha Woolley

Taking Geoffrey Watson, SC, at his word, Barry O'Farrell was never in the sights of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Indeed, the razor-witted senior counsel assisting ICAC told the commission on Monday that he'd been in ''two minds'' about calling the then NSW premier to the stand at all.