Gary Sturgess was director-general of NSW Premier Nick Greiner’s cabinet office in 1988 and the “architect” of ICAC. There has been a great deal of commentary about the NSW Independent Commission ...

Professor Adam Graycar, who has worked with the World Bank, United Nations and Transparency International and written books about corruption, says a federal ICAC is the wrong way to go. He told an ...

Attorney-General Christian Porter dismissed Bill Shorten’s plan as detail-free “posturing” that was aimed at addressing a “deficit of trust” over the downfall of former Labor senator Sam Dastyari.

Independent MP Helen Haines revealed on Friday she had pitched a joint select committee which would oversee the architecture of the proposed integrity commission. Dr Haines has been a leading voice ...

The NSW Labor Party has given in-principle support to establishment of a federal equivalent of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and agreed to refer the issue to its national conference.

TRUST in politicians has collapsed to alarming levels, with 85 per cent of voters believing there is corruption in the federal arena. And the greatest distrust is coming from Australians who vote for ...

A FEDERAL ICAC needs to be set up as a matter of urgency, according to South Australian Independent Nick Xenophon. Senator Xenophon supported recent calls by Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne ...

Federal Parliament is set to conduct its first comprehensive investigation into the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten threw his support behind an ...

Recent sensational hearings at NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption have sparked renewed calls for a federal equivalent. If the ICAC has been so successful in exposing the extent of ...

Australia has slipped outside the top 10 "clean" countries in an annual global corruption index, prompting calls for a federal body with a broader reach than the NSW Independent Commission Against ...