Anthony Whealy, who was assistant commissioner at the body, says wait is ‘unfair’ to former premier
The further delay of the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog’s report into the conduct of former premierAnthony Whealy KC, a former assistant commissioner at theand a longtime defender of the watchdog, has launched a strident criticism of its handling of the Operation Keppel investigation into Berejiklian, saying the repeated delays were “unfair” to the former premier.
Speaking on the ABC on Thursday, Whealy also took aim at the commissioner tasked with producing the investigation, Ruth McColl SC, and suggested the finalisation of the report could be taken over by another member of the watchdog.“They’ve not been able to get that commissioner to perform with what I would call a moderate standard of efficiency,” Whealy said.
“There’s a chief commissioner and two assistant commissioners, quite apart from Ms McColl. They could take it over and just finalise it … that’s my suggestion.”, blaming the complexity of the probe.Operation Keppel began as an investigation into the former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire, before widening to include Berejiklian after details of her
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