PRESS RELEASE: 30th August 2012

Community advocacy group, ACT NOW! has welcomed the announcement by the Governor General that the new government will establish an Independent Commission Against Corruption.

"ACT NOW! is very pleased the government of Peter O’Neill has pledged to establish an ICAC and is promising to take effective action on corruption”, says Effrey Dademo, Program Manager for ACT NOW!

“A lot of work has already been done on draft legislation for the ICAC so we expect the government will be able to move swiftly to implement this promise.”

“But that is only one step of many that will be required to stop the blatant stealing of public money”.

“We will be watching very closely to see that the recommendations of previous inquiries like that into the Finance Department are implemented and people already implicated are prosecuted”. 

”There must be effective action to prosecute and punish the high profile figures already identified as being involved in stealing public funds”, says Ms Dademo.