‘Extremely Serious’: Australian State Committee Calls for Inquiry Into Corruption Watchdog

‘Extremely Serious’: Australian State Committee Calls for Inquiry Into Corruption Watchdog
Queensland Parliament House in downtown Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 19, 2013 Wikimedia Commons CC
Caden Pearson
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A parliamentary committee has asked the Queensland government to order a royal commission into the state’s corruption watchdog after it found the commission exceeded its powers and showed bias in matters surrounding the Logan City Council.

The bipartisan committee on Dec. 2 handed down a report that found the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) did not act “independently and impartially” in laying fraud charges against the former Logan mayor and councillors.

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