Anti-corruption
Opposition blasts ‘weak’ response to Integrity Commissioner review
Queensland’s opposition has accused a Labor-controlled state parliamentary committee of weakness after it failed to expressly back recommendations that would have given the state’s Integrity Commissioner more power over staffing and budgets.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Pocock urges Labor to back independent MP’s anti-corruption model
Rugby great David Pocock, who could be the decisive vote, is urging the new Labor government to adopt Helen Haines’ bill rather than pursue its own model.
- by Lisa Visentin
Anti-corruption boss warns IBAC needs powers to search suspects, seize phones
IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich says the integrity agency should be able to search people it suspects are involved in wrongdoing and seize their mobile phones.
- by Nell Geraets
Corruption concerns prompt 31 judges to make rare election intervention
A rare alliance of judges has backed the case for a watchdog, warning Australians risk being exposed to the “corrupt exercise of power” if parliament does not act.
- by David Crowe
PM’s corruption watchdog claims ‘not correct nor constructive’: Barristers
Scott Morrison has doubled down on his criticism of the NSW corruption watchdog as a kangaroo court, triggering a rebuke from the Australian Bar Association.
- by Lisa Visentin
Treasurer steers clear of Morrison’s ‘kangaroo court’ criticism of ICAC
Josh Frydenberg said he would ‘use different words’ than the PM to describe the NSW ICAC as he fights against an independent campaigning for a strong federal integrity commission.
- by Lisa Visentin
CCC poised to act if more people join Trad in seeking to block its findings
Queensland’s anti-corruption agency will seek advice on the broader implications of court actions – like that of former deputy premier Jackie Trad – to suppress its findings if more arise.
- by Matt Dennien
ICAC commissioner slams kangaroo court claims as ‘deeply offensive’
One of the commissioners of NSW’s corruption watchdog has slammed critics, including Prime Minister Scott Morrison, for labelling the institution a kangaroo court.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘A glorious waste of time’: Corruption watchdog bill unchanged after years of consultation
The government received 333 submissions on its planned federal integrity commission, many of them critical. Not one prompted it to change anything about the plans.
- by Katina Curtis
‘Bring it on’: PM challenged to deliver on anti-corruption pledge
The government will be challenged to put a national integrity commission law to debate and end years of waiting for the Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
- by David Crowe
Funding at the centre of debate over integrity, independence: O’Gorman
A prominent lawyer says Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk should cut the purse strings to ensure Queensland’s public sector watchdogs are truly independent.
- by Tony Moore