The findings of the NSW ICAC into the corrupt conduct of the former Liberal State Premier Gladys Berejiklian, and her master and boyfriend former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire, have been released. The ICAC found the pair had acted corruptly whilst in public office. The findings are damning in the extreme for both.

Without corruption commissions at a state and territory level, and soon at a federal level, much of the behaviour of corrupt politicians would never see the light of day. In fact without the NSW ICAC Miss 'Squeaky Clean' Gladys might still be Premier, and 'Good Old' Daryl still be the member for Wagga Wagga, with a public persona of goodness and honesty, while covering up shady private corrupt activity.

Lets hope the new national ant-corrution commission has the necessary teeth to get stuck into any past federal political corruption over recent years. The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has claimed Labor’s national anti-corruption commission will be able to investigate “any person” who could seek to corrupt a public official or hold any person who holds public office, lets hope so!

Of course anti-corruption commissions play an
important role in keeping people in positions of
power honest. Realistically though - I can't help
wondering - how effective are they really? People
who hold these positions usually have legal teams
to protect them and often proven anything is very
difficult, expensive and can drag on for years.

Is it worth doing?

What other deterrant is there?

Sounds bad.

What law did she break?

What's that, you say....She didn't break any laws? Oh well, no harm no foul. She'll be able to seek exoneration during the appeal.

What's that, you say....She can't appeal? Well, doesn't sound like any court that should exist in a rule of law nation.

Whats really important to our country right now is gay flags on the harbour bridge, and gender transitions for the kiddies, while everyone foots the bill for them as well as their mental health needs.

Pfft, with that level of waste who even cares about corruption.

Thank goodness for Albo.

Oh and don't forget money for Ukraine, don't worry about the homeless
- They deserve to be homeless

If a single mums living in a car or a tent in winter with her 2 kids
- Then she and the kids deserve it.

- But we have to make sure little 14 johnny can have his pork n beans cut off
- Because if he wants to be a girl, it's his right.

You lot that support political parties suck.
Wouldn't matter what party you support, if that party was doing the wrong thing, then they'd give them a free pass.

And no more plastic bags or straws, they were too useful and convenient. Not that everything else in woolies doesn't contain plastic. what do they want to put the bread in paper bags next?
Who cares about the forest and animals that live in them that need to be cut down down for all these paper bags etc, don't you know it's all about the environment.

Maybe I should just start identifying as a caveman.
Seems like that's what they want, may as well just get ahead of things.

Hi Foxy,

"I can't help wondering - how effective are they really?"

We should ask the likes of Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald and now Gladys Berejiklian, and Daryl Maguire, as to how effective the NSW ICAC has been. Where would things be now without a strong investigative body that the state has. Its obvious at a federal level corrupt practices were rife under previous governments, and there was no effective body to investigate such things. Hopefully the new federal anti-corruption commission will get stuck into a backlog of cases.