Corruption
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Investigations
PNG’s Australian integrity chief faces his own corruption investigation
The Australian lawyer trusted with running Papua New Guinea’s new anti-corruption body faces allegations he tried to inappropriately gather more power into his position.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Administrator vows to get bikies out as CFMEU corruption probe spreads
The CFMEU administrator has detailed how he will combat corruption in the building sector, revealing he would seek to force bikies out who hold influential roles in the troubled union.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Scams
US punishes Cambodian tycoon over slave-driven global scam centres
Ly Yong Phat is a senator from the ruling party, an adviser to former prime minister Hun Sen and the owner of a hotel implicated in a major scam call centre.
- by Zach Hope
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Political lobbying
ICAC wants to know if Labor will reform lobbying. Its letters went unanswered for months
Seventeen months into its first term, the Minns government has yet to accept key recommendations from the corruption watchdog.
- by Patrick Begley
State takes aim at Perth’s predatory tow-truck tactics
The announcement comes following a WAtoday contributor’s revelations of dangerous driving, standover tactics and corruption flourishing in the industry.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Melbourne
Building authority workers charged as part of bribes-for-registration probe
Victoria’s corruption commission has raided the homes of three Victorian Building Authority employees amid accusations they took bribes to register builders.
- by Clay Lucas, Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
Two legendary crime reporters sit down at a notorious pub. The chat quickly turned to Roger Rogerson
Sent to talk to the father of the victim of a police shooting, Neil Mercer came back with a story that would change his life.
- by Kate McClymont
Opinion
Perth
State nothing but a broken record on our shonky tow-truck industry
This industry has been unregulated and lawless for years with a growing list of dubious operators able to charge anything, knowing they’ve got people over a barrel.
- by Gary Adshead
Opinion
NACC
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal. Because of a loophole we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Australians have been left with the troubling conclusion that the national anti-corruption body doesn’t believe in the importance of its role in a case like this.
- by Waleed Aly
LNP rejects review calls over how much to muzzle Qld’s corruption watchdog
Independent calls for a path through legal murk over the Crime and Corruption Commission’s ability to tell the public about its work reveal a political rift.
- by Matt Dennien
Corruption watchdog investigates Lehrmann inquiry head
The conduct of former judge Walter Sofronoff, who presided over an inquiry into the criminal prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann, will be investigated by the ACT’s corruption watchdog.
- by Andrew Brown
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