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Barrister blasts ICAC prosecution power plan

Justice for All30 October 2015

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...

ICAC In The Press Politics The Australian

Mike Baird bill on ICAC powers not what Nick Greiner intended

Justice for All30 October 2015

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...

In The Press Mining Politics The Australian

Mike Baird should right Barry O’Farrell’s wrong

Justice for All26 October 2015

Eventually, NSW Premier Mike Baird will realise the time has come to cut adrift his predecessor, Barry O’Farrell, and make amends for abandoning due process and respect for property rights....

In The Press Mining Politics The Australian

US investor warns of sovereign risk after NuCoal loss

Justice for All26 October 2015

An American institutional investor has warned that it is unlikely to ever again invest in Australia because the NSW government expropriated its assets and has refused to pay compensation. Boston-based...

In The Press Mining Politics The Australian

Asset Seizure by NSW Infuriates Americans

WTW14 October 2015

American institutions are considering launching international arbitration proceedings against Australia because the government of former NSW premier Barry O’Farrell expropriated US assets worth $120 million. [caption id="attachment_943" align="alignleft" width="201"] Glen...

ICAC In The Press The Australian

ICAC Won’t Lift Suppression for Parliamentary Oversight

WTW14 October 2015

[caption id="attachment_917" align="alignleft" width="135"] Chris Merritt - The Australian[/caption] The Independent Commission Against Corruption has refused to lift a suppression order over key documents from three completed inquiries because it...

ICAC In The Press

ICAC’s Failings are Caused by its Alien Structure

WTW2 October 2015

One of the enduring criticisms of the NSW justice system has been its failure to secure criminal convictions against those who have already been processed by the Independent Commission Against...

In The Press Politics The Australian

Former Mining Minister Calls for Judicial Inquiry into State’s Anti-corruption Commission

WTW25 September 2015

Former NSW mining minister Ian Macdonald has called for a judicial inquiry into the state’s anticorruption commission after obtaining confidential transcripts in which witnesses, including Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese ,...