Review findings could 'muzzle' corruption watchdog

The Queensland Government is being accused of trying to muzzle the state's corruption watchdog. Premier Campbell Newman last year appointed a former High Court judge to investigate the Crime and Misconduct Commission's (CMC) priorities and today released 17 recommendations to come from the review. One of the more controversial recommendations canvasses making it illegal for the media to report that a person is being investigated by the CMC. The State Opposition says that recommendation - and others - would roll back years of progress since the Fitzgerald Inquiry. The CMC was established investigate major crime and review complaints of misconduct amongst public officials. Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie said "It's no secret that I and the Premier and the Government have had concerns over sometime with the way that the CMC has been used and abused for political purposes, personal political attacks for all sorts of reasons" ... READ MORE

Released by ABC - July 2013