Clear air to repair NSW parliament’s costly blunders
Gladys Berejiklian’s freshly re-elected government in NSW now has four clear years in which to make amends for two of the most expensive errors ever made by a state parliament....
Axed coal licence left family venture with loan to repay
After talking to the NSW government for five years, drilling contractor Warwick Howarth felt he had no option but to resort to litigation to recoup the $28 million loss that...
Federal ICAC backers must learn from state wrongs
So far, the collateral damage inflicted on the innocent has been given insufficient attention by those who are clamouring for a federal equivalent of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption....
Senator Rex Patrick (South Australia) Speech in Parliament 13/11/2018
THE SENATE PROOF ADJOURNMENT Mining Industry SPEECH Tuesday, 13 November 2018 Senator PATRICK (South Australia) (21:03): Tonight I rise to raise a number of concerns about South Australian constituents who, as...
Cessnock MP Clayton Barr frustrated at NuCoal investor inaction
CESSNOCK MP Clayton Barr said he is frustrated that local investors in NuCoal resources are still being forced to fight for compensation. Around 500, of approximately 3000, innocent shareholders in...
A window into a most curious ICAC episode
Thanks to a report by ICAC inspector Bruce McClintock — and the benefits of parliamentary privilege — it is now possible to reveal what might well be a missing piece...
The Hon Dr Peter Phelps – Speech in Parliament (10/04/2018)
OPERATION ACACIA AND NUCOAL The Hon. Dr PETER PHELPS (18:05): In the past few weeks I have been looking at Operation Acacia, the NuCoal expropriation and the Independent Commission Against Corruption [ICAC]....
NuCoal seizure by NSW casts pall over US tariff talks
The NSW government’s expropriation of US-owned assets worth $131 million threatens to complicate Australia’s efforts to be exempted from threatened tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium. The expropriation by...
Barry O’Farrell victim looks to Trump for NuCoal redress
The welfare of a wheelchair-bound girl in Newcastle might not have been a priority for the NSW government when it expropriated coal exploration licences four years ago. But there is...
Alan Jones fights for Innocent Victims- NuCoal
Great story by Alan Jones today interviewing Chris Merritt, Legal Affairs Editor, The Australian on the NuCoal saga. Well worth listening to- relevant story starts at approx. 51 mins into...