South Australia's new anti-corruption commissioner has confirmed she will continue her predecessor's investigation into potential corruption involving three Liberal MPs.
The original investigation was delayed when the MPs invoked parliamentary privilegeIndependent Commissioner Against Corruption Ann Vanstone QC has today said she will continue the investigation of Terry Stephens, Fraser Ellis and Adrian Pederick that former ICAC Bruce Lander launched earlier this year.
She said she was seeking proof of Mr Stephens' and Mr Pederick's place of residence at the relevant times.In Mr Ellis's case, she said, the documents concern his incurring expenses while staying in Adelaide, on the nights he claimed to do so.The commissioner said that each of the MPs had committed, through their solicitors, to providing the relevant documents "as soon as practicable".
"Now we'll have to see if there's an application from Fraser Ellis to the parliament to see whether some of that information should remain privileged," Mr Marshall said.the three men identified themselves as the MPs who were subject to the ICAC investigation "The requirement captured information and documents that would ordinarily be kept confidential and protected by parliamentary privilege," the statement said.
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