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Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal. Because of a loophole we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Australians have been left with the troubling conclusion that the national anti-corruption body doesn’t believe in the importance of its role in a case like this.
- by Waleed Aly
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Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated
Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Investigations
AFP officer’s home raided in anti-corruption investigation
A high-ranking federal police officer has been suspended after internal affairs officers searched his Canberra home this week in response to allegations of conflicts of interest.
- by Nick McKenzie
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AFP referred Lehrmann interview leak to corruption watchdog
Sources say the AFP referred the leak of sensitive legal material that surfaced in a TV interview with Lehrmann to the anti-corruption commission to determine whether its own officers were involved.
- by Angus Thompson
Former ATO employee sentenced to five years in prison for accepting bribes
The Tax Office worker is the first person to be prosecuted after a National Anti-Corruption Commission investigation.
- by Olivia Ireland
Incomplete Google search blamed for vetting ‘fail’ on corruption watchdog
The Coalition has described the government’s unsuccessful push to install a judge with Labor links to the new anti-corruption commission as an attempt to “stack” the non-political body.
- by Paul Sakkal
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‘Reputation at risk’: Albanese government’s corruption watchdog pick pulled over party links
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wanted to install a legal figure with Labor links to the second-highest position in the new anti-corruption commission before the committee vetting the appointment baulked.
- by Paul Sakkal
New federal corruption watchdog focuses on complaints to chase in 2024
Almost 90 per cent of reports to the National Anti-Corruption Commission are dismissed as irrelevant – but have recent whistleblower prosecutions deterred those who know about serious wrongdoing?
- by Olivia Ireland
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Power player
Government quietly changes secretary payout requirements ahead of Pezzullo findings
A new ruling signed off by the Remuneration Tribunal on Friday appears to revoke the lucrative compensation obligations owed to department secretaries if they are found to breach their code of conduct duties.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Detention Secrets
Serco officer charged as rampant drug use in detention centres exposed
Authorities admit illicit drugs have infiltrated the detention centre network, and that some guards are turning a blind eye to detainees growing marijuana in their rooms.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Home Truths
Misused millions: Top spy’s secret report slams Home Affairs
Dennis Richardson’s classified inquiry is a scathing assessment of how hundreds of millions of dollars were managed in the so-called Pacific Solution.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard