Fri Oct 16

Michelle Grattan on ICAC, Chris Eccles, and the Queensland election

Written by: The Conversation

University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.

This week the pair discuss a week of ICAC hearings, and evidence concerning Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former MP Daryl Maguire, as well as the resignation of head Victoria bureaucrat Chris Eccles, and scandal for the LNP leading up to the Queensland election.

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