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ICAC Politics The Australian

Berejiklian’s government needs to right a great wrong

Justice for All16 February 2018

There is now no doubt that former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell relied upon a flawed ICAC report when his government destroyed private property worth several hundred million dollars. That wrong...

ICAC Politics The Australian

ICAC withheld evidence: Phelps

Justice for All16 February 2018

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has been accused in state parliament of withholding exculpatory evidence that undermined the core of its corruption finding against jailed former Labor minister Ian...

In The Press

Obeids and ICAC feel blow of The Hammer in NSW Supreme Court

Justice for All30 September 2016

There is no doubt that Eddie Obeid and his sons are, by a country mile, the big losers from this week’s ruling by David Hammerschlag in the NSW Supreme Court....

ICAC Politics

NSW ICAC ‘withheld evidence’ supporting target

Justice for All9 September 2016

There are fresh accusations NSW’s Independent Commission Against Corruption held back evidence at a public hearing that would have undermined its narrative. The latest claims were raised by Newcastle businessman...

In The Press

ICAC denies duty to reveal exculpatory material

Justice for All19 August 2016

NSW’s anti-corruption agency believes it is not required to disclose material that tends to exonerate those who are facing corruption inquiries. The Independent Commission Against Corruption believes disclosing exculpatory material...

In The Press

Private property under attack as Baird ignores rule of law

Justice for All5 August 2016

by Chris Merritt The Australian. NSW Premier Mike Baird. The planned closure of the greyhound industry will destroy part of the NSW economy estimated to be worth $335m Mike Baird’s...

In The Press

Jeff Salvestro-Martin, Marie Ficarra seek NSW ICAC reform

Justice for All23 May 2016

Two former politicians who have been abandoned by their parties have urged the NSW government to prevent the state’s Independent Commission Against Corruption from using public hearings to destroy the...

In The Press

ICAC Inspector Levine- Call to ditch NSW ICAC ‘theatre’ hearings

Justice for All23 May 2016

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption would be forced to correct its mistakes and abandon the “flamboyance and theatre” of public hearings under proposals being considered by the state government....

In The Press The Australian Uncategorized

CORRUPTION WATCHDOG ‘WORSE THAN THE SPANISH INQUISITION’

Justice for All22 April 2016

The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption suffered another setback yesterday when a newspaper editor it wanted charged with a criminal offence was exonerated by a Sydney court. John Booth, who...

In The Press

‘Don’t act like a banana republic’: US business warns Australia

Justice for All16 April 2016

A leading US business lobby group has warned the federal government that Australia risks being wrongly perceived as “a banana republic” because of an ICAC-driven expropriation of American assets. This...