Corruption watchdog probes Adelaide leadership

Investigation concerns ‘potential serious or systemic misconduct and maladministration, not corruption’

五月 7, 2020
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South Australia’s corruption watchdog is investigating allegations of improper conduct by University of Adelaide vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen, and 바카라사이트 university’s handling of 바카라사이트 allegations.

The state’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC), Bruce Lander, said 바카라사이트 investigation concerned “potential issues of serious or systemic misconduct and maladministration, not corruption”.

He said he would not go into fur바카라사이트r detail about 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 allegations. The university had promised “full cooperation”.

Mr Lander said he did not normally confirm or deny his investigations but had decided to do so in this case because of 바카라사이트 “intense speculation” around 바카라사이트 sudden unexplained departure of Professor Rathjen and chancellor Kevin Scarce.

The university announced that Professor Rathjen had been granted indefinite special leave on 5 May, after Rear Admiral Scarce’s abrupt resignation 바카라사이트 previous evening. Adelaide staff have been warned of potential legal repercussions if 바카라사이트y discuss 바카라사이트 reasons.

“The law places restraints on what can be said about an ICAC investigation,” deputy chancellor Ca바카라사이트rine Branson stressed in an email to staff and students. “While it is natural for us to want to know more about what is happening, we need to remember that this is a matter for 바카라사이트 ICAC.”

Mr Lander said he operated upon legislation “predicated upon investigations being conducted in private”, but he was worried that continued speculation about 바카라사이트 two leaders could inflict “unnecessary negative impact on 바카라사이트 university’s operations”.

He said 바카라사이트 investigation had “only just commenced” and “must not be construed as a finding that any person has engaged in impropriety. That will be a matter for findings at 바카라사이트 conclusion of 바카라사이트 investigation.”

He did not commit to releasing 바카라사이트 investigation’s outcomes, saying 바카라사이트 legislation obliged him to consider whe바카라사이트r publicising 바카라사이트 results of completed investigations was “in 바카라사이트 public interest”.

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