Law & Crime

When former independent member for Indi Cathy McGowan introduced her bill in November 2018 to create a national integrity commission, then prime minister Scott Morrison dismissed it as a ‘fringe issue’. Less than three weeks later, he would unveil his model for what he called the Commonwealth integrity commission.

This week’s spinoff of PwC’s government services to private equity buyers leaves doubts about the effectiveness of the consultancy’s purge, and how the industry might be reshaped.

A re-examination of a joint parliamentary committee meeting six years ago, in which Stuart Robert was acting chair, has led to further queries around the then minister’s engagement with Synergy 360 and its associates.

The robo-debt royal commission has found the scheme was sustained by ‘venality, incompetence and cowardice’.

A billion-dollar private aged-care company is set to transition to a non-profit structure, while still charging rent to the charity for use of its facilities.

The ICAC inquiry’s findings of corruption by the former NSW premier stop short of advocating criminal charges, but raise questions as to how pork-barrelling should be dealt with.

An explosive submission details allegations of corruption against Stuart Robert, which the former minister strongly denies.

A new report from the Human Rights Commission has damned Australia’s use of hotel detention as a breach of basic standards – but it is a practice the government has no plans to abandon.

The body Peter Dutton says will investigate harassment claims against David Van has no power to punish and limited powers of examination.

Kathleen Folbigg was labelled a monster after she was wrongly convicted of murdering her children. The fight to prove her innocence raises as many questions as it provided answers.