Doubts on key witness in ICAC probe
One of the main players featured in the latest complaint lodged with ICAC inspector Bruce McClintock SC is Gardner Brook, an investment banker with a colourful past. Brook was one...
Don’t repeat any allegations, Ipp warns paper
Former ICAC commissioner David Ipp has warned The Australian that publication of allegations against him that are being considered by ICAC Inspector Bruce McClintock SC would be defamatory. Those allegations are outlined...
Two former Liberal MPs want an inquiry after the Crown Solicitor found in their favour
Two former members of the NSW parliament have called for an inquiry to determine how the state’s anti-corruption agency made critical legal errors that led to the destruction of their...
ICAC boss Megan Latham under pressure over Margaret Cunneen
The chief of the NSW corruption watchdog was under pressure last night to step down after the collapse of relations with the agency’s independent inspector, who found she had abused...
One way or another, ICAC head Megan Latham must go
For too long, NSW Premier Mike Baird has avoided taking decisive action to address the rapid decline of his state’s anti-corruption agency. He can no longer avoid his responsibilities. It’s...
ICAC ‘omitted’ statement from evidence to DPP on Murray Kear
by: Sharri Markson, Media Editor, The Australian, November 14, 2015. The NSW corruption watchdog handed over evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions that allegedly omitted statements made in favour...
Time to remove stench of ICAC ‘corruption’ claims: John Kinghorn
by: Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor, The Australian, November 13, 2015. Businessman John Kinghorn has just joined an elite club: the innocent victims of the NSW government’s Independent Commission Against...
Mike Baird’s bad politics over ICAC changes will get worse
by: Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor, The Australian, November 13, 2015. For better or worse, Mike Baird has linked his fate to an organisation whose competence and rigour are seriously...
Barrister blasts ICAC prosecution power plan
Prominent barrister Charles Waterstreet has denounced moves to grant the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption the power to initiate criminal prosecutions. “There should be an intervening prosecution body that can...
Mike Baird bill on ICAC powers not what Nick Greiner intended
NSW Premier Mike Baird should pick up the telephone and talk to one of his predecessors, Nick Greiner, about the Independent Commission Against Corruption. When Greiner created ICAC he had...