State’s NuCoal Resources expropriation hurts small investors
If the Bible wasn’t clear enough about stealing, the Magna Carta was. Property ownership is a human right and it is time for NSW to pay NuCoal Resources for the...
Mike Baird should right Barry O’Farrell’s wrong
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....
US investor warns of sovereign risk after NuCoal loss
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...
Asset Seizure by NSW Infuriates Americans
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 Won’t Lift Suppression for Parliamentary Oversight
[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’s Failings are Caused by its Alien Structure
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...
NuCoal Innocent says ICAC, But Still No Compensation
With a determination handed down by Justice Stephen Rothman only last week, the Court found that ICAC acted in accordance with its common law duties, however, it also made statements...
Former Mining Minister Calls for Judicial Inquiry into State’s Anti-corruption Commission
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 ,...
NuCoal continues to pursue Free Trade Agreement action
NuCoal Resources Ltd today noted the findings of the New South Wales Supreme Court which today upheld the December 2013 report by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). NuCoal Chairman,...
Nick Greiner, the only other premier to resign over ICAC- ABC April 2014
[caption id="attachment_689" align="alignleft" width="299"] Comments on ICAC in ABC Interview with Eleanor Hall[/caption] ELEANOR HALL: And just finally Mr Greiner, given that it's only really managed to claim two Liberal...