Waleed Aly
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1,043 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 18 Jun
Waleed Aly’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Nothing to do with his ability, but just because of the situation that he was inevitably in?
Coming up, does Brereton's resignation actually fix the NAC?
You've identified the conflict of interest as a major issue and the way that appointments have been made to the NAC.
Does Brereton's departure change any of that or fix any of those concerns?
Perhaps we should celebrate the fact we live in such a corruption-free country, Nick.
I mean, that's another way to look at it.
Yeah, I can barely laugh about it at this point.
You've mentioned some concerns with the appointments of commissioners and the way it was done.
I suppose that raises the question of the design of the NAC at the beginning of the whole process.
Do you see design flaws here that would need government or legislative intervention?
Not that many, actually.
Well, you mentioned the privacy and secrecy element of it.
As I recall, the argument for that was that the problem with...
public inquiries into corruption is that the minute you are investigated, the political damage is so severe that a judgment is rendered irrespective of whether or not you get cleared and that that would ultimately just be too damaging to public office holders who may not have done anything corrupt and that this would just be a totally unworkable situation.
You say you think they should fix that.
Do you mean making it all public or do you think there is still some room for private hearings to take place?
There'll be people in New South Wales who argue that, well, the problem you have with ICAC is it just swept everything up.
So you end up with, you know, Barry O'Farrell resigning over a bottle of Grange, and that's the same situation as, you know, Eddie Obeid.
So you've set out some things you would like to see by the way of reform, some criticisms you've made of the way the Albanese government has handled this.
Are you optimistic at all that your vision will become reality?
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