Instead,Mr MacSporran suggested there was a campaign to undermine the watchdog,and used his final email to remind staff that “as you all know,the CCC itself is in a healthy state”.
“Any objective analysis of where it has come from,what it has achieved and the direction in which it is currently heading would support that contention,” Mr MacSporran wrote,after earliertendering his resignation to Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman.
At the time,aninquiry was examining the CCC’s handling of corruption allegations involving Logan City Council that resulted in aborted prosecutions.
The week before Mr MacSporran resigned,prosecutors alsodropped charges against former Moreton Bay mayor Allan Sutherland.
Critics of the CCC,particularly theLocal Government Association of Queensland,had long called for Mr MacSporran to resign. The role and performance of the agency has been the subject of several reviews and inquiries,and contributed to abroader integrity debate that engulfed the Palaszczuk government.
In his email to staff,obtained byBrisbane Times under Right to Information laws,Mr MacSporran made no mention of any criticisms of the CCC.
Instead,the long-time barrister sought to associate the media with a broader bid to undermine the agency.