Tide turning in ICAC accountability battle
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...
ICJ tells NSW to pay Macdonald’s legal costs
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...
What are the NSW Government scared of???? The truth coming out?
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...
Get a thicker skin- Watson doesn’t like the shoe on another foot!
The NSW corruption watchdog’s star barrister, Geoffrey Watson SC, has threatened powerful radio host Alan Jones with a defamation suit if he does not publicly apologise for calling him a...
Legal challenges- the excessive abuse of power by faceless bureaucrats, keystone cops and wannabe celebrity lawyers.
One of ICAC’s highest-profile scalps, former NSW police minister Michael Gallacher, is set to return to the Baird government’s frontbench following the state corruption watchdog’s surprise move to back down...
Justice has a high price when it comes to defeating ICAC
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’s power questioned in case against Ian Macdonald
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 boss Megan Latham under pressure over Margaret Cunneen
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...
One way or another, ICAC head Megan Latham must go
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...
ICAC delivers a classic Clouseau in NuCoal case
Inspector Clouseau can be proud of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption. Under the leadership of former Commissioner David Ipp, this agency conducted an inquiry into the grant of...