Nippon Gas: NSW mine grab a breach of treaty
by: CHRIS MERRITT, The Australian, November 20, 2015. A Japanese company that was stripped of assets worth millions of dollars based on a recommendation from the NSW anti-corruption agency has...
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...
ICAC’s legal liabilities in corruption cases will hurt taxpayers
by: CHRIS MERRITT, Legal Affairs, The Australian, November 13, 2015. John Kinghorn is the latest victim of the NSW anti-corruption agency to be exonerated by the courts. But it was not...
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...
Ray Hadley discusses ICAC issues with Chris Merritt
Ray interviews Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor from the Australian. Topics covered include the ICAC Inspectors recent report and Andrew Poole's right to have his name cleared. [audio m4a="https://www.watchingthewatchdog.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Hadley-And-Merritt-6_11_15.m4a"][/audio] Courtesy of...
ICAC head Megan Latham gets a ‘please explain’ over Macdonald
by: CHRIS MERRITT, The Australian, November 03, 2015 The head of the NSW anti-corruption agency, Megan Latham, has been asked to explain why she has refused to lift a suppression...
NuCoal US investor Ventry says it won’t put money in Australia
by: CHRIS MERRITT : The Australian October 23, 2015 A second American company has vowed never again to invest in Australia because the NSW government expropriated its assets on the...
ICAC’s Megan Latham: witness exams like pulling wings off butterflies
The head of the NSW anti-corruption watchdog, Megan Latham, was put on notice in June that she faced a possible adverse report due to complaints after she had likened the...
The NSW Libs have lost their way- ICAC needs controlling, not extra power.
[caption id="attachment_702" align="alignnone" width="300"] Control the "butterfly killer".....[/caption] The Libs have lost their way and appear to be pushing for additional powers for ICAC at all costs. Today the Attorney...