Mining

In October 2014, when Bruce Lander was South Australia’s ­Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, he issued a press release with a jaw-dropping headline: “Six South Australian police officers arrested as a result of investigation headed by the ­Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.” The arrests were the result of an investigation known as ...

The conspiracy trial of former NSW politicians Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald is drawing to a close. And it is already clear that the verdict, whatever it is, will provide guidance for government ministers and public servants about the nature of misconduct in public office. When the judgment is delivered ...

In Bleak House, Charles Dickens had to invent the marathon case of Jarndyce v Jarndyce in order to poke fun at slow justice. In contemporary NSW, there is no need for such fiction. Reality is bad enough. Dickens, unlike some in NSW, was aware that justice delayed is justice denied ...

Last month, when Richard Poole told his appalling story to a committee of the NSW parliament, he faltered, apparently close to tears. After what happened to him at the hands of the state’s anti-corruption commission, and the impact it had on his children, the politicians in that hearing room seemed ...

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One of the most infamous of Commissioner Ipp’s investigations was Operation Acacia.  This was the investigation of the circumstances surrounding the grant of an Exploration Licence (EL) at Doyles Creek in the NSW Hunter Valley.  In late 2013 Ipp found that five persons were corrupt – Minister McDonald, former miners’ ...

During his last week on air, Alan Jones spoke with a NuCoal shareholder and continued to express his concerns about the lack of action by the NSW Government to compensate innocent NuCoal shareholders. Listen to the broadcast here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/alan-jones-full-show-podcast-26th-may-2020?t=22m39s

NuCoal has written to shareholders and asked them to send letters to NSW Cabinet Ministers about what the Government plans to do regarding compensation. The letter can be viewed on NuCoal’s website at: http://ecomms.linkgroup.com/liveview/Email/GetEmail/4d79d783-a8be-44e8-93ca-e299c2c02cf5/7714e2b7-15c4-481f-a05d-da2517961c12?LDC_NM=View+Online+Link

https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/alan-jones-full-show-podcast-20th-november-2019?t=65m30s