May 2024
Qld corruption watchdog overhaul ‘will not please all’
A review of Queensland corruption watchdog paves the way for some details of a report into former deputy premier Jackie Trad to be released, but not any criticism of her behaviour.
- James Hall
March 2024
- Exclusive
- Planning
WA anti-corruption chief cites misconduct risk over new planning laws
Corruption and Crime Commissioner John McKechnie says planning reforms create a misconduct risk, but he sees no problem with former government MPs taking jobs with mining companies post-politics.
- Tom Rabe
July 2023
How a WA government department lost $30m on a private company
A bungled attempt to invest in a struggling private company has been described by the WA corruption watchdog as “the antithesis of good governance”.
- Tom Rabe
March 2023
Mayor who corruptly got $50K speedboat escapes jail sentence
Luke Smith was mayor of Queensland’s Logan city, and pleaded guilty to receiving a secret commission from a developer.
- Liam Walsh
Mayor pleads guilty to corruptly receiving boat
A state anti-corruption watchdog has had a potted record in local government prosecutions, but has now secured a high-profile admission in court.
- Liam Walsh
October 2022
CEO appalled by sexist slur used against her by Labor powerbroker
Court documents have detailed an ALP elder and chairman of a state-owned power company calling a female council CEO vulgar terms on a tapped phone call.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
September 2022
- Exclusive
- Political lobbying
Inside the world of Labor powerbroker Jim Soorley
A dispute over $2500 paid in a carpark and secretly taped calls reveal how a political powerbroker ‘consultant’ navigates the business and government worlds.
- Liam Walsh and Mark Ludlow
August 2022
Ministers on corruption notice over pork barrelling
A NSW ICAC review of the “allocation of public funds” has implications for other states and the proposed new federal integrity regime.
- Tom Burton
Tom Tate definitely not pissed off with CCC
Many submissions were made about reforming an anti-corruption agency, including from one of Australia’s most pugilistic mayors.
- Updated
- Liam Walsh
Report warns of ‘risks’ seconding police to Qld anti-corruption body
But a former chairman of the Crime and Corruption Commission warns integrity agencies nationwide have been under attack.
- Mark Ludlow and Liam Walsh
July 2022
- Opinion
- Corruption
Examples of political bad behaviour keep on coming
The Albanese government has promised a national anti-corruption commission, but it’s at state level where the most egregious examples of unacceptable political behaviour are on regular show.
- Jennifer Hewett
June 2022
Crossbench cuts could delay ICAC bill: Haines
Independent MP Helen Haines has warned that proposed staffing cuts for crossbenchers could delay the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission
- Michael Pelly
Olympic-sized lobbyist gold mine draws warning
One anti-corruption watchdog is asking for public responses to lobbying – and saying Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics could be an area to watch.
- Liam Walsh
Pork barrelling rules too easily avoided: legal expert
Federal rules to stop pork barrelling are being avoided and there is no independent oversight of ministers who make grants, says Sydney University’s Anne Twomey.
- Tom Burton
April 2022
- Investigation
- Corruption
Inside the downfall of Qld’s corruption watchdog
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.
- Michael Roddan
January 2022
‘Broken down irretrievably’: Qld anti-corruption boss quits
Alan MacSporran indicated the relationship with his Parliamentary overseers had collapsed and said he would step down as chairman of the Crime and Corruption Commission.
- Liam Walsh
July 2021
- Breaking
- Corruption
Eddie Obeid found guilty of conspiracy over $30m NSW coal licence
Former NSW Resources Minister Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid were also found guilty after one of the longest running trials in NSW history.
- Angus Grigg
March 2021
- Opinion
- Political leadership
This is no time to stall on reform
The Porter affair is draining energy from post-virus handling of the economy. Have an inquiry and deal with it.
- Craig Emerson
November 2020
- Opinion
- Corruption
A federal integrity watchdog can't wait
A federal integrity watchdog would find itself very busy, but it's vital that it not be weaponised for base political purpose.
- Craig Emerson
July 2020
Jackie Trad cleared in corruption inquiry
The former Queensland deputy premier, who resigned from the cabinet in May, has been cleared by the Crime and Corruption Commission.
- Mark Ludlow