The commissioner of Victoria’s integrity agency has called for legislative reforms to prevent court actions from hindering the publication of corruption investigation reports.
Robert Redlich, the head of the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC), has asked the Victorian Labor government and the Opposition to amend current laws to make it harder for people to challenge the agency’s draft report findings in court.
In a leaked letter, Redlich said that amendments to the IBAC Act would help complete investigations in a more timely manner.
“While these challenges can be for a variety of different reasons, the speed with which the litigation is determined is largely under the control of the court and dependent upon the priority which individual judges are prepared to give to the particular litigation,” Redlich wrote, as reported by The Age….