Queensland’s top anti-corruption boss quit in January in the state’s biggest integrity crisis since Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Now there are concerns the inquiry that toppled him was lopsided.
When the chairman of Queensland’s peak anti-corruption agency, Alan MacSporran, learnt he was to be investigated by parliament over an apparently bungled intervention into one of the country’s biggest local councils, a friend warned him to be wary.
But MacSporran dismissed the warning. He thought the response of the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) to alleged misconduct at Logan City Council would show he had no reason to fear parliamentary scrutiny.
Michael RoddanNational correspondentMichael Roddan is a Walkley Award-winning national correspondent based in Sydney. He is a former business and economics reporter for The Australian. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.roddan@afr.com
