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Families, retirees calling on Michael Johnsen to help them fight for compensation

3 weeks ago Coal, ICAC, In The Press, Politics 0

LOCAL families and retirees are calling on Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen to help them fight for compensation, as they continue to suffer from the loss of thousands of dollars in personal savings due to the NSW Government’s decision to cancel a coalmine licence. Almost 50, of about 3000, innocent ...

Great Harm to Innocent People – An ICAC story by Margaret Cunneen

3 weeks ago ICAC, Politics 0

The following paper is from the Samuel Griffiths Society (SGS) – formed to uphold Rule of Law and the Australian Constitution. Their annual meeting is in Brisbane 3-5/8/18. Great Harm to Innocent People: An ICAC story

Margaret Cunneen calls for ICAC review system

4 weeks ago ICAC, In The Press, Politics, The Australian 0

NSW prosecutor Margaret Cunneen SC has called for the state’s anti-corruption agency to be subjected to a new system of merits review aimed at weeding out mistakes that currently remain uncorrected. Ms Cunneen questioned why those who are found to be corrupt by ICAC, but who are never charged with ...

Bret Walker’s presumption point would bring ICAC back into line

June 29, 2018 ICAC, In The Press, Politics, The Australian Comments Off on Bret Walker’s presumption point would bring ICAC back into line

As a former president of the Law Council of Australia and the NSW Bar Association, the opinions of Bret Walker SC on questions of law are keenly sought. He has provided advice for all manner of clients, including the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. This is why politicians should pay ...

Alan Jones speaks to Chris Merritt on ICAC and Inspector McClintock

June 21, 2018 Audio, ICAC, In The Press, Politics, The Australian Comments Off on Alan Jones speaks to Chris Merritt on ICAC and Inspector McClintock

https://omny.fm/shows/the-alan-jones-breakfast-show/alan-jones-full-show-june-18-1?t=55m50s

DPP lured brain-damaged witness: ‘smacks of crusade against Obeid’

June 21, 2018 ICAC, In The Press, Politics, The Australian Comments Off on DPP lured brain-damaged witness: ‘smacks of crusade against Obeid’

Prosecutors attempted to entice a brain-damaged witness who suffers from amnesia to give evidence against jailed former NSW politicians Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald because his evidence would significantly increase the likelihood of guilty verdicts. Extracts from emails sent to investment banker Paul Gardner Brook show the Office of the ...

ICAC is attempting to re-try me: Murray Kear

June 15, 2018 ICAC, In The Press, Politics, The Australian Comments Off on ICAC is attempting to re-try me: Murray Kear

The NSW government’s anti-corruption agency has rejected a court’s findings that say it ran an improper investigation of former emergency services commissioner Murray Kear, withheld exculpatory evidence and initiated a criminal prosecution against him without reasonable cause. According to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the magistrate who made those findings ...

Magistrate put ICAC failings on record

June 15, 2018 ICAC, In The Press, Mining, Politics, The Australian Comments Off on Magistrate put ICAC failings on record

To the rest of the nation, it must be hard to understand how the NSW government permits an agency of the executive to undermine public confidence in a judgment of the NSW Local Court. Normally, when the independent courts point to problems inside the executive, politicians move quickly to ensure ...