SMH_20June2015_p10_cropped.pdf
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ICAC l11spcctor co11sic1crs i11qt1iry into v\r<ttchdog's JJa,st i11vcstig<ttions I ce tbon The Insפctor of the Indeפndent Commission Against Corruption left oפn the possibility of a rnl csion-style inquiry into past invesgations by t הwatchdog inung its ill-fated in- qui into C procutor Mar- garet Cunneen. ICAC Inctor David Lev ine , , a former preme Court judge, said in a rort tabled on Thday nht that he continui aut of the ICAC iui into the high-pe silk d had not yet de- ded wheer to hold a inqui. He d he had "open ' about whether the ICAC may brehed iʦ own crecy pro- visions by s u ing a media statement about its decision to rer eviden involving Ms Cunen to the NSW Director of Public Proutions to consider cri minal ?S. Ms Cun- nn h nied wronoing. The NSW govement had asked ine to report on whether the ICAC U1e ercise of its powers " c oi snt U1 the princi jus and fairns" and whether any linllts or enh an nts should appld. This part d a oar re vw, chaired er High Court clf justi Gleon, , into ate r e ICAC p lling H Court rul - ing in April tt commission tp its jicon in in- Margaret Cunen. vtilng Ms Cunnn. The pel by Ju * Mr Levine said a "sirae out- " of the Gleon vi wod a ti o n of the don of "corrupt conduct", which at t הheart of the Cunen c sets the ts of the ICAC's . He id it also dirable r t הreview to clari the dnions of "seous corrupt conduct" and "systemic comtpt conduct", d the lCAC's jusdiction in such cases. Comment ators have suggested the Cunnn case would not have met the thres ho ld of rious and systemic corrupon. Mr Levine said it was "ir to say" many פople, iluding memrs of t הl egal psion, did not under- stand the ICAC ercid inisit- orial po not bound by ofidence in courts. He said there a פrceion so parts of a ''want of jce and ins" @ the ICAC at mt ued .rm an rd vw or actual of of p of ICAC".
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