Special Minister of State Don Farrell said the government was “deeply concerned” by the reports about the former minister when asked in a Senate estimates hearing.
Why is Australia outsourcing so much of its governing to private enterprise? It’s a question voters should be asking their MPs.
That the outgoing NSW government entered secret contracts for $5 billion on privatised bus services just before the election is disturbing at a number of levels.
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.
Chaotic scenes erupted in state parliament on Thursday as the opposition tried to shift attention to the government’s testy relationship with the anti-corruption watchdog.
The charges laid by the US corporate watchdog relate to a scheme where the miner’s agent allegedly offered an improper payment to a government official to retain the rights to its Simandou project in Africa.
The prime minister will use a speech on Wednesday to back the new National Anti-Corruption Commission and urge Australians to support the proposed Voice to parliament.
A former boss of V/Line and a former senior Metro Trains manager are among seven people charged with offences following an explosive inquiry into corruption and bribery in Victoria’s public transport sector.
Premier Dominic Perrottet’s defence of the anti-corruption body will be at odds with some of his colleagues who are still furious the ICAC pursued Gladys Berejiklian.
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has detailed the dozens of reports and statements likely hidden under narrowed powers now being challenged.
Labor will most likely choose the Coalition to overwhelm calls for a watchdog with more teeth. After all,they have a shared interest.