The head of Qld’s anti-corruption agency says the flow-on effect of a Supreme Court decision halting the release of one report would obstruct transparency.
Corruption charges filed against a former Queensland health boss after an investigation by the state’s corruption watchdog have been dropped.
Transparency campaigners want the new anti-corruption commission to have more scope to reveal its proceedings and greater powers to hold public hearings.
Two West Australian public sector workers have been accused of directing work to preferred consultants in exchange for gifts and fancy meals.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine has been stood down amid an investigation into “alleged misconduct”.
Queensland’s anti-corruption agency has embarked on early hiring spree and restructure to address sweeping reform calls from recent,and looming,independent reviews.
The Crime and Corruption Commission wants to avoid a legal precedent that would allow the targets of its investigations to keep the reports secret.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she would “not have an emotional response” regarding the Logan councillors who lost their jobs and subsequently prompted the inquiry.
The state opposition has urged the Crime and Corruption Commission to take its efforts to publish a report into the alleged corruption of a former senior public servant all the way to the High Court.
However,only two of the three judges ruled in Peter Carne’s favour. The third judge powerfully argued against Carne’s case.
The Crime and Corruption Commission allege Malcolm Stamp used his position at Queensland Health to get his daughter a job in 2014.