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NT ICAC Commissioner Ken Fleming says office has received 1,000 complaints
The NT’s first Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) says his office has received 1,000 complaints in the two years since its inception — but only one in four has led to an active investigation.
Key points:
- The NT’s ICAC Commissioner has released three public reports
- He says five more will be finished by July
- Since July 2018, the ICAC has launched 274 investigations
In July 2018, Ken Fleming QC was appointed as the head of the NT’s anti-corruption watchdog.
During his tenure, Mr Fleming said the volume of reports about improper conduct his team received had not slowed and on Thursday his office received its 1,000th complaint.
Of the 1,000 received, the ICAC commissioner said his team had 848 assessed reports and knocked back 426…
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