by Chris Merritt | Jan 4, 2024 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
On one level, this is a tale of two mining companies – one owned by Chinese communists and the other owned by Australians and Americans. But on another level, it is a warning: what happened to these companies is proof that equality before the law – one of the...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 31, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article
Back in March, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus set the wheels in motion for what could turn out to be a difficult chapter in Labor’s unending quest for a federal charter of rights. For a while, this proposal looked like plain sailing. Dreyfus asked the Labor-dominated...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 8, 2023 | Attorney General, Chris Merritt, Human Rights, ICAC, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
When the United Nations Human Rights Committee found breaches of human rights had taken place in NSW, it asked the federal government to prevent a recurrence.Those breaches relate to the flawed legal infrastructure surrounding the NSW Independent Commission Against...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 1, 2023 | Chris Merritt, ICAC, Media Article
The United Nations Human Rights Committee has just issued a ruling that will ruin Christmas for this country’s anti-corruption commissions. Their days of avoiding the scrutiny of a full appeal process could soon be over. Unlike courts, the decisions of...
by Chris Merritt | Jul 7, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
The fate of Gladys Berejiklian contains some worrying implications for every minister of the NSW government. They are now more vulnerable to adverse findings by the state’s anti-corruption commission. The Independent Commission Against Corruption has just...
by Chris Merritt | Jun 30, 2023 | Chris Merritt, ICAC
There are several problems with ICAC’s ruling that Gladys Berejiklian is seriously corrupt. The first is that it debases the English language. Berejiklian might be many things but for ICAC assistant commissioner Ruth McColl to describe her as...
