The Wickenby brand has been diminished in the light of the Australian Crime Commission’s (ACC) back-flip this week in calling a halt to the criminal investigation of Paul Hogan and John Cornell, writes Chris Seage, tax consultant and former ATO audit manager.
Australian crime commission
Political beat-ups are one thing, corruption is quite another
They love a campaign at The Australian. But when it comes to reporting corruption, however, the stakes are higher and we can’t be quite so cavalier.
Federal Court grants ACC access to indigenous kids’ medical files
A full bench of the Federal Court today ruled that the Australian Crime Commission (ACC) must take the interests of Indigenous children into account when investigating child abuse in Indigenous communities, writes Henri Ivrey.
ACC’s Hoges Wickenby witch hunt
A Crikey investigation has revealed that the Australian Crime Commission fought Paul Hogan for two years to obtain “irrelevant” documents, writes Chris Seage.
Moratorium the only answer to Wickenby woes
A plan is being hatched by prominent Operation Wickenby stakeholders to approach the new Labor government to seek a once only moratorium for suspects caught up in the probe, writes Chris Seage.
Labor to review Operation Wickenby if elected
In a move that will please long-suffering Australian taxpayers, the Labor Party have announced they will put the Government’s much vaunted multi-agency tax evasion investigation Operation Wickenby under the microscope if they win the election.
The NT intervention: crunching the numbers
Maj Gen Chalmers’ press release on the progress of the NT invervention included the claim that “over 700 children have had health checks so far.” But a government insider told NIT this morning that the number of health checks performed was actually between 400 and 500. The difference in figures, he explained, was the result of “double-counting” and “confusion”.
Wheatley dudded by bureaucratic leaks and zealots
While Gaynor Wheatley sits at home hoping that her husband Glenn will return soon from jail, the entertainment guru’s legal team is putting together a case they believe will have him back to the matrimonial home in three months’ time, writes Chris Seage.
