The CCC saga proves source protections will be vital for Anthony Albanese’s proposed anti-corruption agency
‘The lack of an effective regime for enforcing whistleblower protections in Queensland Anthony Albanese should be a lesson for the Albanese government’s proposed federal Icac.’‘The lack of an effective regime for enforcing whistleblower protections in Queensland Anthony Albanese should be a lesson for the Albanese government’s proposed federal Icac.’reforms to the Crime and Corruption CommissionBut the reform job is not over.
The CCC’s"Operation Front” resulted in criminal charges, on which Smith has been committed to stand trial. In fact, in those proceedings the seven majority councillors who voted to sack Kelsey conceded that their loss of confidence flowed in no small part from the fact and way she had blown the whistle. That is no surprise, and is exactly why whistleblower protection laws are meant to exist.
Three years on, it is clear those fraud charges were a mistake. But contrary to overblown criticism from the Queensland local government lobby, they never meant the commission was out of control.
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