“To reveal that she had been in a relationship for four or more years with someone publicly suspected of corrupt conduct ... would be anathema to her,and most probably be the death of her political career,” the ICAC concluded.
Would Gladys Berejiklian have been found corrupt under Victoria’s rules? She might not have even been investigated.
The Greens have already compiled of list of 10 matters it plans to refer to the new federal anti-corruption watchdog,which officially opens on July 1.
Anti-corruption officials did not name the accused but local media reported the Chief Justice has been held on suspicion of receiving a $4.5 million bribe.
In a new integrity headache for the Andrews government,Ombudsman Deborah Glass says she will not engage with the Inspector who oversees her office.
When Martin Pakula made his parting speech to parliament in September,there was one point that had Opposition MPs nodding in fierce agreement.
Eminent judge Paul Brereton,who ran the probe into alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan,has been appointed to head the first federal anti-corruption body.
Lawyers say an electronic-only brief of evidence is 13 gigabytes and would cost $17,000 just to print.
A council employee who awarded contracts valued at $4.3 million to companies he was connected to netted thousands of dollars in kickbacks,an inquiry has heard.
Muhyiddin Yassin and his party have faced graft investigations since losing to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in a tightly contested election last November.
The accusations came as part of a widening investigation into corruption surrounding the 2020 Olympics.