by Chris Merritt | Nov 14, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
What’s wrong with this picture? Beau Lamarre-Condon is a former NSW policeman facing two charges of domestic violence murder which are alleged to have taken place in February. During the week a Sydney magistrate was told that most of the prosecution’s brief of...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 14, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
On Monday, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal handed down a clear and unanimous decision that contains two messages. The first is that Ian Macdonald, a former state minister for mineral resources, has lost his appeal and is back in prison serving the rest of his...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 1, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
At last, I have a reason to say something nice about ICAC: its latest annual report shows a remarkable improvement in internal efficiency. Under the leadership of Chief Commissioner John Hatzistergos the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption completed 91 per...
by Chris Merritt | Oct 31, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
When Anthony Albanese’s government established the National Anti-Corruption Commission it copied some but not all aspects of ICAC in NSW. For the rest of his life, the prime minister should give thanks every day for one of those omissions. Ultimately it might not save...
by Chris Merritt | Aug 1, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Every now and then, a dissenting judgement in an important court case is so persuasive it makes injustice impossible to ignore. Mark Weinberg’s dissent over the flawed criminal conviction of the late Cardinal George Pell on child sex abuse charges is the prime...
by Chris Merritt | Jun 6, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article
On September 25, 1991, when Gareth Evans was foreign minister, Bob Hawke’s Labor government made a series of promises on protecting human rights that the Albanese government seems determined to ignore. This says much more about the current government’s approach to...
