“The committee is convinced that these additional powers deserve further consideration and has recommended that the government consider amending the ICAC Act to align the powers of the ICAC Inspector with those of the LECC Inspector,” Williams said.
Berejiklian, who denies any wrongdoing, announced his resignation from parliament on October 1 last year. She said at the time that she could not predict how long it would take for the ICAC to complete its investigation of her, “much less deliver a report.”
Since the ICAC concluded the public hearings on Operation Keppel last year, a flurry of introductions has been provided by the counsel assisting the ICAC to affected parties, and responses to some of those submissions were received in October of this year. The submissions are not made public, but they inform the ICAC when writing their report.
The NSW Law Society and leading jurists had warned against imposing time limits on the ICAC. Former director of public prosecution, Nicholas Cowdery, KC, said the time limits “must inevitably be arbitrary and could lead to injustice and ineffectiveness.”
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