{"product_id":"australia-s-anti-corruption-bodies-strengthening-trust-edited-by-scott-prasser-and-david-clune","title":"Australia’s Anti-Corruption Bodies: Strengthening Trust? Edited by Scott Prasser and David Clune","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAustralia’s Anti-Corruption Bodies:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrengthening Trust?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by Scott Prasser and David Clune\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHardback, 382 pages, $79.95\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 9781023568297\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRelease Date Mid-May 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume is the first comprehensive overview in book form of Australia’s network of anti-corruption commissions. Australia is the only Westminster democracy with such bodies, whose antecedents derive in part from developments in Asia rather than elsewhere. Seven of the nine commissions are analysed by relevant experts, from Australia’s first anti-corruption body, the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption formed in 1988, to the most recent, the National Anti-Corruption Commission established in 2023. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGiven anti-corruption commissions exist in all nine Australian jurisdictions and several have been operating for over three decades, now is an appropriate time to assess and compare: how these different bodies perform; their roles compared to ad hoc royal commissions; the different factors that led to their formation; their various powers; controversies, successes and failures; their impact on civil liberties; relations with executive government and parliament; issues of accountability; their overall impact and effectiveness; and their place in the architecture of modern Australian government.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn identifying and explaining the similarities and differences of anti-corruption bodies across the jurisdictions this volume asks whether there is an ideal model? Has there been any learning by later bodies from their predecessors? Has the just formed NACC, for instance, reflected any lessons learnt from all the previous state and territory bodies that went before it? \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eForeword - Professor John McMillan\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePreface and acknowledgments – The Editors\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction – Scott Prasser \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 1: The background\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCorruption in the Premier State: An Historical Overview – David Clune\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOrigins of the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption – Gary Sturgess\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 2: Issues about Anti-Corruption Commissions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnti-Corruption Commissions and Human Rights: Inherent Tensions – Anita Mackay \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePermanent Anti-Corruption Commissions and Ad Hoc Commissions of Inquiry: A Comparison – Scott Prasser\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAnti-Corruption Commissions: Where do They Fit in the System? – Yee-Fui Ng\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 3: Anti-Corruption Bodies across Australian Jurisdictions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe NSW ICAC and Criminal Justice – Chris Merritt \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Queensland Anti-Corruption Commission: Summary History and Critique – Tim Prenzler and Janet Ransley \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Rollercoaster Ride of the Western Australia Corruption and Crime Commission – John Phillimore, Sarah Howe and Peter Wilkins\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission – Still a “toothless tiger”? – Pascale Chifflet and Meribah Rose\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSouth Australia’s Independent Commission Against Corruption – James Marcus \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCanberra’s Corruption Commission: Patrolling a Quiet Beat – Gary Humphries\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe National Corruption Commission: A Faltering Start – Gary Humphries\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePascale Chifflet, Senior Lecturer, Monash University Law School\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDavid Clune, previously Manager of the NSW Parliament’s Research Service, the NSW Parliament’s Historian and currently an Honorary Associate in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYee-Fui Ng, Associate Professor, Monash University Law School \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChris Merritt, Vice-President of the Rule of Law Institute of Australia\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJohn Phillimore, Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eScott Prasser, independent researcher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSarah Withnall Howe, Senior Lecturer, School of Law and Criminology, Murdoch University\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eGary Humphries, former Deputy President of the Commonwealth Administrative Appeals Tribunal\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDr Anita Mackay, Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University Law School\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJohn McMillan, former Commonwealth Ombudsman and Emeritus Professor in Law from ANU\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJames Marcus, a barrister specialising in criminal and disciplinary law\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTim Prenzler, Professor of Criminology, University of the Sunshine Coast\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJanet Ransley, Professor at Criminology Institute and deputy director of its Transforming Corrections to Transform Lives Centre, Griffith University \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMeribah Rose, Lecturer in Criminology, La Trobe University Law School \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGary Sturgess, former academic and public servant who created the original design for the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePeter Wilkins, Adjunct Professor, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Connor Court Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334507725088,"sku":null,"price":79.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0919\/0191\/9520\/files\/ICAC.jpg?v=1773281339","url":"https:\/\/www.connorcourtbooks.com.au\/products\/australia-s-anti-corruption-bodies-strengthening-trust-edited-by-scott-prasser-and-david-clune","provider":"Connor Court Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}