CCC notices have been served on the Department of Premier and Cabinet,Parliament House,the Labor Party of Western Australia as well as a number of ministers and senior party MPs.
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has detailed the dozens of reports and statements likely hidden under narrowed powers now being challenged.
The court,which fields hundreds of requests each year and reviews few,has been asked to clear up a decision said to “severely curtail” the state watchdog.
A years-long stoush between Queensland’s CCC and a former public trustee has split judges.
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.