Justice has a high price when it comes to defeating ICAC
ICAC investigator Paul Grainger was the last person on the planet that Andrew Poole wanted to speak to. For Poole, Grainger was the personification of his nemesis — the Independent...
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 boss Megan Latham snubbed inspector David Levine
Commissioner Megan Latham refused to meet ICAC inspector David Levine to answer questions about the bungled investigation into prosecutor Margaret Cunneen. The Australian can reveal Mr Levine, a former Supreme...
POLITICIANS SPIN FILE #3
Baird backs extension to ICAC’s powers The recent vote in Parliament to extend ICAC’s powers to allow ICAC to initiate criminal charges continues the systematic erosion of governance standards in...
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...
Mike Baird, not Turnbull, should clean up Barry O’Farrell’s mess
by: Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor, The Australian, November 13, 2015. Sooner of later, Malcolm Turnbull will inherit the mess that was left unresolved when Barry O’Farrell became the second...
Why give ICAC more power? (when they misuse what they already have)
http://at.dailytelegraph.com.au/link/426ad9094d3b1c0dc9fdb9bd7c6b734b?domain=dailytelegraph.com.au Another good article by Miranda Devine on 11/11/15.
Political stitch up from the start………
One day the truth will come out as to why the O'Farrell Government specifically went against the recommendation in the Clayton Utz report and sent the investigation of EL 7270 to...