IBAC
New powers, greater role for peak Aboriginal body in Victoria
An expanded First Peoples’ Assembly would be given statutory powers to question ministers, provide advice and make appointments to government boards.
- Chip Le Grand
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- Liberal Party
This developer wants to keep Pesutto on a leash. What’s worse, Liberals are entertaining the idea
Property developer Hilton Grugeon has offered the former Victorian Liberal leader a $1 million lifeline that would save his political career, for now. But there are astonishing strings attached.
- Chip Le Grand
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- Victoria Police conduct
Police receive IBAC report into deputy commissioner’s road rage complaint
It is uncertain whether Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson will face an internal disciplinary process as a result of the document, given his contract is due to end in July.
- Kieran Rooney
Council that dumped asbestos to ‘make CEO look good’ among worst examples of dysfunction
Tougher penalties for councils and their staff who breach governance rules should be introduced to protect the sector from corruption, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
- Adam Carey
Victorian ministers flouting transparency rules, and the premier is the worst offender
Premier Jacinta Allan is supposed to enforce her ministers’ disclosures of meetings with lobbyists. But her latest disclosures were submitted nearly three months late.
- Daniella White
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- Jacinta Allan
‘Completely untrue’: Premier denies conspiracy to dump police chiefs
Dumped Victoria Police deputy commissioner Neil Paterson has accused Premier Jacinta Allan and Police Minister Anthony Carbines of corruption over his ousting.
- Brittany Busch, Rachel Eddie and John Silvester
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- Victorian Parliament
Port of Hastings wind project referred to corruption body
The state opposition has referred to IBAC documents which detail secret Victorian and Commonwealth discussions about a proposed renewable energy hub.
- Chip Le Grand
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- Healthcare
IBAC probes claims sick patients languished as surgeons chased fees
In one case a woman who was critically unwell in the intensive care unit waited from 8.30am until late afternoon for surgery to treat a potentially deadly infection.
- Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Dozens more charged over alleged bribes-for-registration scheme
Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged 28 more people, months after The Age revealed three VBA staff had been stood down after IBAC raids.
- Lachlan Abbott
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- Local council
Integrity rules could include local government for the first time
Lobbying at the local government level is not regulated in Victoria, despite councillors often making decisions on multimillion-dollar projects.
- Broede Carmody and Rachael Dexter
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/independent-broad-based-anti-corruption-commission-jd9