NSW Government Bulletin - 8 June 2016

In the last edition of Government Bulletin, we looked at the report issued by the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to the Premier of NSW in relation to his review of the ICAC (Report).

As foreshadowed in our last edition, the ICAC has made a submission to the Premier in response to the Report (Submission).

The Submission states amongst other things, that the ICAC:

1. was not consulted in relation to any of the matters and 16 recommendations outlined in the Report, even though the matters directly relate to the ICAC's operation;
2. largely does not support most of the recommendations in the Report, as they are in some cases unnecessary and/or because no policy or practical justification is provided for their adoption. For example, the Inspector's recommendations that the conduct of proceedings by the ICAC be embodied in a Code or a set of rules, is not agreed to by the ICAC as the Inspector has not provided any reasoning for the