Andrew Poole – Watching The Watchdog

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...

ICAC

ICAC accusations leave a trail of destruction

Justice for All11 April 2016

Murray Kear is the latest to join me as a member of the ICAC survivor’s club: found innocent in court but not exonerated by this anti-corruption agency. Kear, a former...

ICAC

Justice has a high price when it comes to defeating ICAC

Justice for All11 December 2015

ICAC investigator Paul Grainger was the last person on the planet that Andrew Poole wanted to speak to. For Poole, Grainger was the personification of his nemesis — the Independent...

ICAC In The Press Politics

Time to remove stench of ICAC ‘corruption’ claims: John Kinghorn

Justice for All16 November 2015

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...

ICAC In The Press Politics

Mike Baird’s bad politics over ICAC changes will get worse

Justice for All16 November 2015

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...

In The Press

ICAC’s legal liabilities in corruption cases will hurt taxpayers

Justice for All13 November 2015

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...

ICAC The Australian

When mud sticks … cost of ICAC’s rough justice

Justice for All6 November 2015

Prejudice: Chris Merritt, The Australian, November 06, 2015 When David Levine examined the horrific way in which the NSW justice system treated Newcastle businessman Andrew Poole he did not mince...

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...

Before the Courts ICAC

ICAC Prosecution Briefs with DPP in relation to Operation Acacia

WTW29 May 2015

The Commission is of the opinion that consideration should be given to obtaining the advice of the DPP with respect to the prosecution of Ian Macdonald, John Maitland, Craig Ransley...