by Chris Merritt | Jan 20, 2023 | Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Just before Christmas, when John Maitland was finally acquitted of ICAC-related charges, the fate of this former union leader drove home a lesson that supporters of anti-corruption show trials seem incapable of grasping. It’s this: these commissions resolve nothing....
by Chris Merritt | Jan 19, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Media Article, Rule of Law Issue
One of the nation’s leading authorities on criminal law has accused ABC journalist Louise Milligan of repeatedly ignoring facts about the prosecution of the late Cardinal George Pell that do not support her views. Jeremy Gans, who teaches criminal law at the...
by Chris Merritt | Jan 13, 2023 | Chris Merritt, Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
Ten weeks from now, Labor’s Chris Minns will lead his party at an election in NSW that could make him the next premier of the nation’s most populous state. So why has NSW Labor chosen this moment to launch legal action that reopens one of the most embarrassing...
by Rule of Law Staff | Apr 24, 2015 | Commentary, ICAC, Media Article
The office of NSW Premier Mike Baird says all options are on the table in determining the government’s response to the recent High Court ruling on the scope of the powers of the state’s corruption watchdog. One option that should not be given serious consideration is...
