NSW accused of starving Icac and integrity watchdogs of funding – The Guardian 25/06/2019
25 June 2019
The Public Service Association鈥檚 assistant secretary, Troy Wright, said the current government had been 鈥渞ipping teeth out of the corruption watchdog one by one鈥.
鈥淐orruption doesn鈥檛 stay still 鈥 it evolves and changes as corrupt people seek to exploit any weakness,鈥 Wright said. 鈥淭hat is why funding levels are so important because we have to fun proper investigations and punish those who take advantage.
鈥淐orrupt politicians have feared Icac for a generation because it has real teeth. This government has been ripping teeth out of the corruption watchdog one by one. A gummy corrupt watchdog ensures that corrupt practises will go unpunished and corrupt people will prosper and the incentive for corruption will rise.鈥
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jun/25/nsw-accused-of-starving-icac-and-integrity-watchdogs-of-funding