IBAC
Damning IBAC report exposes influence of Peter Marshall and firefighters union
Marshall asked staff at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade to gather sensitive information for him, and the union exerted unprecedented influence over the running of the fire service, report finds.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Victoria Police conduct
Police officers quizzed over arrest that left builder clinging to life
Luke Briggs is in hospital covered in bruises and on life support with a catastrophic brain injury after an arrest in Hoppers Crossing, leaving his family demanding answers.
- by Cameron Houston
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Local council
Cash for access: Councillors ask corruption watchdog to investigate scheme
Most Port Phillip councillors want IBAC to investigate a donation scheme set up to fund a community group that financially backs two of their colleagues.
- by Annika Smethurst and Kieran Rooney
Sex appeal: Epic adult industry court case set for another round
The owner of the Maxine’s strip club has warned that a legal battle against an estranged former business partner may not be over yet.
- by Noel Towell and Colin Kruger
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Fair Work
Union at centre of IBAC probe being investigated for funnelling money into training organisation
The Victorian Health Workers Union is being investigated over allegations it secretly funnelled union money into a training organisation that an anti-corruption commission previously found was an abject failure.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Court dismisses developer Woodman’s claim against IBAC
Supreme Court finds that IBAC had the right to publicly grill developer John Woodman in 2019.
- by Royce Millar
Corruption watchdog to take negative findings out of report after High Court loss
Victoria’s IBAC has agreed to amend its report of a major investigation after being successfully challenged by an organisation and a public officer.
- by Kieran Rooney
Andrews’ attack on corruption watchdogs stuns integrity experts
In one of his first interviews since stepping down, the former premier said there was “not an accountability officer that doesn’t want more money, more power”.
- by Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
Ministerial diaries to be made public in integrity overhaul
Following calls from the corruption watchdog, Victorian ministers and parliamentary secretaries must now declare conflicts and disclose gifts and benefits.
- by Rachel Eddie
How Victoria’s women finally got more public toilets
A public servant in the 1980s proposed an inquiry into whether women needed more public toilets. The Victorian ombudsman wasn’t having it.
- by Tony Wright
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Allan’s new IBAC chief is inexperienced and a virtual unknown. Is that the point?
Premier Jacinta Allan’s announcement of an anonymous solicitor as IBAC commissioner suggests she is unwilling to appoint someone with the experience and gravitas to truly hold the government to account.
- by Stephen Charles
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/independent-broad-based-anti-corruption-commission-jd9