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SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens maintains he has “no major conflict” with ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander, despite earlier claims from the state’s anti-corruption watchdog that SAPOL is acting beyond its statutory authority.
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Simmering tensions between police and the state’s anti-corruption watchdog could be set to explode with SAPOL commissioner Grant Stevens due to front a parliamentary committee just days after ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander used the same forum to question whether his organisation was acting within its authority.
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The retired judge hired to provide independent oversight of the state’s ICAC has quit, with the State Government moving quickly to appoint a replacement.
A major question-mark over the extent of SA’s ICAC powers has been lifted, with the Supreme Court overturning a magistrate’s ruling that search warrants issued by Commissioner Bruce Lander were illegal and “invalid”.
The Marshall Government has been told to claw back $15 million it set aside to fund open ICAC hearings after a series of amendments were passed by parliament last night that appear to effectively kill off any hope of public inquiries ever taking place.
ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander has lobbied crossbench MPs against backing a Government Bill to allow public maladministration hearings, prompting independent John Darley to seek major changes to the proposed laws.
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