Acting Crime and Corruption Commission chair Bruce Barbour has been given a one-month extension.Credit:Dallas Kilponen
The government has yet to announce who will replace former chairman Alan MacSporran QC,who quit in January andblamed the media and CCC critics for undermining his authority.
Mr MacSporran claimed the CCC was “healthy”;however,ongoing criticism of the agency prompted the government to announce long-time corruption fighterTony Fitzgerald QC would head a targeted inquiry.
Fitzgerald’s inquiry has $5.4 million in funding and has already engaged two barristers - Gim Del Villar QC and Angus Scott - as counsel assisting,supported by a 14-person secretariat. It is due to report in August.
More than 80 submissions have been made to the inquiry,including those sought from stakeholders such as integrity agencies,policing services,directors of public prosecutions,academics,unions,peak bodies and local governments. They are confidential but may yet be released.
Corruption-fighter Tony Fitzgerald is heading an inquiry that is due to report its findings in August.Credit:Tamara Voninski
Meanwhile,the MPs who oversee the CCC,through the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee,will meet with Barbour and others next week.