Martin Hamilton-Smith joined with Labor MPs to vote against open ICAC hearings. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

Opinion

Hamilton-Smith: Why I oppose open ICAC hearings

Nine years ago Martin Hamilton-Smith proposed an Independent Commission Against Corruption - a move rejected by then Premier Mike Rann but later embraced by his successor Jay Weatherill. Here Hamilton-Smith argues that he always tempered the concept with a protection of privacy.

Opinion

Richardson: Labor defies logic and Lander

The State Government has abandoned logic and political sense in its no-win battle against the anti-corruption commissioner it appointed, argues Tom Richardson.

Politics

Labor digs in on ICAC spat

The Weatherill Government has continued to defy the state’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, ignoring Bruce Lander’s plea to stop referring to his Oakden investigation as an “Ombudsman’s inquiry" while voting down a measure that would have allowed him to hold public hearings on the matter.

Local

"I'm especially disappointed": Lander warns Govt spin could undermine ICAC investigation

The Weatherill Government has set itself on an unprecedented collision course with the state’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, who today expressed his deep “disappointment” that senior Labor figures are effectively undermining his investigation into the Oakden scandal.

News

Witnesses called as ICAC launches Oakden investigation

The Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has launched his investigation into whether maladministration at any level of the State Government contributed to the abuse of patients at the condemned Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service.