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Insult added to injury in John Maitland’s ICAC debacle as court has final say

Justice for All20 January 202320 January 2023

John Maitland pictured outside the Supreme Court in Sydney in 2019. Picture: Britta Campion CHRIS MERRITT 2:28PM JANUARY 19, 2023 Just before Christmas, when John Maitland was finally acquitted of...

Coal ICAC In The Press Mining Politics The Australian

Dominic Perrottet must address unlawful ICAC conduct

Justice for All11 March 202211 March 2022

In the weeks ahead, Dominic Perrottet will face the same test that all of his recent predecessors have failed. Will the NSW Premier continue to protect the state’s all-powerful anti-corruption...

Coal ICAC In The Press Mining Politics The Australian

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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Nile legislation could right numerous ICAC wrongs

Justice for All10 May 2019

Fred Nile has wasted no time in making good on one of the promises he made in March before the NSW election. Nile had signed a pledge with other members...

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Clear air to repair NSW parliament’s costly blunders

Justice for All5 April 2019

Gladys Berejiklian’s freshly re-elected government in NSW now has four clear years in which to make amends for two of the most expensive errors ever made by a state parliament....

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Axed coal licence left family venture with loan to repay

Justice for All5 April 2019

After talking to the NSW government for five years, drilling contractor Warwick Howarth felt he had no option but to resort to litigation to recoup the $28 million loss that...

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Crucial decision for misconduct in public office

Justice for All22 March 2019

Repercussions from a brief hearing yesterday in the NSW Supreme Court are set to affect every politician and public official. The circumstances in which they risk criminal prosecution over decisions...

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Crossbenchers pledge to seek compo over NuCoal Resources

Justice for All15 March 2019

The next NSW government will be confronted with a bloc of crossbenchers in the upper house, possibly holding the balance of power, demanding millions of dollars in compensation for innocent...