2021 – Watching The Watchdog

We don’t need ICAC – we have police to investigate alleged wrongdoing

Justice for All10 November 202110 November 2021

The Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW has developed a nasty habit of destroying Liberal premiers. Gladys Berejiklian joins the list of NSW Liberal premiers brought down by this unelected...

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Reputational damage at heart of ICAC probe into Operation Bandicoot

Justice for All19 February 2021

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...

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Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald verdict can give clarity on official misconduct

Justice for All12 February 2021

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...

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Bleak pace of ICAC justice

Justice for All22 January 2021

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...

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Richard Poole an innocent man paying the price for ICAC blunder

Justice for All15 January 2021

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...