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 ...
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Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald verdict can give clarity on official misconduct
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 ...
Read More »Bleak pace of ICAC justice
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 ...
Read More »Richard Poole an innocent man paying the price for ICAC blunder
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 ...
Read More »Click the link below and go to 10:50 to watch The Hon Rod Roberts speak about the cancellation of EL7270 and matters of compensation
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Read More »There is too much ‘stepping into the bedroom of other people’ in Australia – Alan Jones
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Read More »ICAC is a ‘disgrace, it always has been and always will be’: Richo
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Read More »By her own ministerial code of conduct, ‘Gladys Berejiklian has to resign’ – Mark Latham
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Read More »Gladys Berejiklian proof that ICAC public hearings are a disgrace that must stop
ICAC, not Berejiklian ‘should be on the rack’ – Alan Jones
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