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The chief commissioner is required to submit a report on the activities of the commission to the Parliament of New South Wales and whilst independent of the politics of government, reports informally to the Premier of New South Wales. The commission is charged with educating public authorities, officials and members of the public about corruption.
The Constitution Act 1902 sets out many of the basic principles of the Government of New South Wales, and provides for an executive, legislative and judicial branch. However, unlike the Federal Constitution, the courts have found this does not mean there is a formal separation of powers at the state level. [ 2 ]
The Inspector of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is a statutory position which investigates complaints against the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) in New South Wales, a state of Australia. It was established along with the LECC on 1 July 2017. [4] Bruce McClintock SC is the Inspector of the LECC. [5]
In June 2018, both houses (the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly) of the Parliament of New South Wales unanimously passed and the Governor of New South Wales signed a Bill without amendment called the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Bill 2018 [4] to repeal the 1989 vilification laws within the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and replace it with ...
In June 2018, both houses of the Parliament of New South Wales unanimously passed and the Governor of New South Wales signed an urgent bill without amendments called the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Bill 2018 [20] to repeal the vilification laws within the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 and replace it with criminal legislation with up to an explicit 3-year term ...
Following the Commission hearings, the New South Wales Government felt that the senior ranks of the NSW Police Service were too compromised by personal misconduct, or personal ties to corrupt officers, for any officer to be expected to navigate the reform of the service and implement decisions in the face of bitter opposition from colleagues ...
In December 2020, the LECC handed down a final report detailing the findings of its two-year inquiry into strip search practices employed by the New South Wales Police Force. [84] The Commission found that "a recurrent issue throughout the inquiry was the failure of officers to comply with, or at least to properly account for their compliance ...
The constitutionality of the code of conduct of the Act was challenged in 2019 in the High Court case Comcare v Banerji, which ruled unanimously that the code was compatible with Australia's freedom of political communication doctrine. [7]