Report by Inspector Pursuant to Section 140 of ICAC Act 2017 into complaint by News Corp, NT News and Matt Williams

NT Government

Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption NT Statement by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, Mr Michael Riches

Wednesday, 5 January 2022

Today I have published on the ICAC website a report of the ICAC Inspector pursuant to section 140(3) of the ICAC Act. The report follows a complaint to the Inspector from News Corp Australia. In accordance with the Inspector’s recommendation, certain passages from the former Commissioner’s Darwin Turf Club Report have been removed, and a link to the Inspector’s report now accompanies the link to the Darwin Turf Club Report.

In keeping with my approach since I commenced, I will not offer commentary on events that occurred prior to 6 July 2021.

As I said in my General Report to the Legislative Assembly late last year, as a team we have learned a great deal from past challenges and we are focussed on getting on with the job.

A link to the report can be found here here.

Office of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption NT

GPO Box 3750, Darwin NT 0801

www.icac.nt.gov.au

[email protected]

Freecall 1800 250918

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