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A Queen’s Counsel has been appointed as a new Judge of the District Court, while a former Queensland anti-corruption official has been announced as South Australia’s deputy Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.
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A former public service high-flyer will face off against her former department next month in a bid to resolve a potential seven-figure compensation claim stemming from her sacking a day before she faced court in a case that ultimately collapsed.
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UPDATED | A police cadet applicant who was given preferential treatment – as part of a recruitment process later investigated by ICAC – was a “family member” of the state’s most senior police officer, Commissioner Grant Stevens, state parliament has been told.
The state’s top cop is on a collision course with a parliamentary inquiry, which has handed down a series of recommendations for fundamental changes to the way police and ICAC investigations are conducted.
The Marshall Government came to power promising open ICAC hearings, greater transparency and honesty in public administration. Instead, South Australia has a degraded and confused integrity system with greater risks of corruption. David Washington asks: how did this happen?
South Australian MPs found to have harassed colleagues or staff won’t face sanctions other than those imposed by their party or the parliament itself, under a proposed code of conduct that has drawn criticism from both the anti-corruption and Equal Opportunity commissioners.
