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In The Press

NuCoal to cloud US trade talks after ICAC, Barry O’Farrell move

Justice for All3 April 2016

Claims by American investors for more than $90 million in compensation for the ICAC-driven expropriation of US assets will dominate free-trade talks in May. US investors are furious their equity...

In The Press

Arrogant ICAC continues to blunder along.

Justice for All21 March 2016

ICAC Commissioner Megan Latham has made the extraordinary admission that the NSW corruption watchdog has not learned any great lessons from its flawed, discredited and unlawful investigation into one of...

In The Press

So much for the rule of law in NSW!

Justice for All22 February 2016

The former head of the NSW anti-corruption agency has denied he was ever responsible for ensuring professional standards of conduct were adhered to by the barristers who worked for the...

ICAC In The Press

Tide turning in ICAC accountability battle

Justice for All6 February 2016

There is enough material on the public record to justify a judicial inquiry into the NSW government’s anti-corruption agency. The only thing preventing that is politics — and that could...

In The Press

ICJ tells NSW to pay Macdonald’s legal costs

Justice for All31 January 2016

The International Commission of Jurists has urged the NSW government to reconsider its refusal to provide an ex gratia payment to former Labor minister Ian Macdonald so he can defend...

In The Press Uncategorized

What are the NSW Government scared of???? The truth coming out?

Justice for All27 January 2016

It seems ridiculous that a former Minister of the Crown has been refused legal aid in NSW to defend his name after being found "allegedly"corrupt by the STAR CHAMBER known...

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...

In The Press

ICAC’s power questioned in case against Ian Macdonald

Justice for All8 December 2015

The criminal prosecution of former NSW politician Ian Macdonald is being partly organised by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the same organisation accused of suppressing exculpatory evidence that favours Mr...

ICAC In The Press Politics

ICAC boss Megan Latham under pressure over Margaret Cunneen

Justice for All7 December 2015

The chief of the NSW corruption watchdog was under pressure last night to step down after the collapse of relations with the agency’s independent inspector, who found she had abused...

ICAC In The Press Politics

One way or another, ICAC head Megan Latham must go

Justice for All7 December 2015

For too long, NSW Premier Mike Baird has avoided taking decisive action to address the rapid decline of his state’s anti-corruption agency. He can no longer avoid his responsibilities. It’s...