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| Subject: OZschwitz: ICAC scolds Sydney Water over deleted corruption files Thu Sep 30, 2010 3:52 am | |
| THE head of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, David Ipp, QC, reprimanded Sydney Water Corporation yesterday for deciding to deliberately withhold documents, despite receiving a notice to produce all documentation relating to corruption allegations.
Addressing Sydney Water's counsel, James Stevenson, SC, Justice Ipp said ICAC had given serious consideration as to whether executives should be charged with breaching the ICAC Act.
He said although the executives had a ''misguided belief'' the documents were subject to privilege and ''there is a tendency amongst certain government agencies to regard the ICAC as an adversarial party''.
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