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The federal governmentâs controversial $30m purchase of the Leppington triangle site was either the result of âgross incompetence or corruptionâ, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Geoffrey Watson SC, the director of the Centre of Public Integrity, told a Senate inquiry the purchase of a 12.26-hectare triangular parcel of land near the site of Sydneyâs second airport for 10 times its market value was âunjustifiableâ.
Watson on Thursday accused the federal infrastructure department of âhaving a lendâ of the committee.
âThe money used to make the purchase was public money and the funds withdrawn were administered by public officials,â Watson said.
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The national association for judges said there was “no reason” to treat them differently from other members of the community as it welcomed changes to the Sex Discrimination Act that could lead to a judge being dismissed from office.
The judges’ body was joined by the Law Council of Australia, which said the move to close the exemption for MPs and judicial officers under the Act was “refreshing”, and by former judge Anthony Whealy, who said it was “about time”.
The Act as it now stands covers Commonwealth employees, but there has been uncertainty about whether that includes statutory appointees, judges and members of Parliament.
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THE HOLOCAUST
Act now to ensure that we have a history left
It is indeed heart-warming, and it fills me with pride, to read two political opponents â the Liberalsâ Josh Frydenberg and Laborâs Josh Burns â â³â£co-penningâ³â£ an article which reminds us of the horrors of the Holocaust (Opinion, 27/1). I hope and trust this event is taught to all school students for eternity. Not only did millions die at the hands of the Nazis, the killings were indeed industrialised on a grand scale â unimaginable.