LAW ENFORCERS
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One of the country's liveliest and most reformist judges
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A man with extraordinary powers, but is he using them to good effect?
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Australia’s most senior spook is more colourful than you’d expect
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This secretive crime fighter pushes the boundaries and gets results
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The new blood at the competition watchdog is up for a fight
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The banker turned regulator is keen to show up the lawyers
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The High Court’s head honcho is unafraid to put governments offside
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Popular and low-profile, this AFP veteran gets the job done
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Denton is a colossus in TV land
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The intellectual leader of the nation’s most powerful court
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The man in charge of Australia's biggest police force
These are the government law enforcers, judges and prosecutors. Between them they exert considerable influence on the decisions that emerge from courts, on the settlements that don't make it to court, and on who does and does not get charged or prosecuted.
ACCC’s leading man fights on after Metcash defeat
ACCC Chairman Rod Sims won't be deterred by a setback in the Federal Court on Wednesday that means Metcash is able to proceed with its purchase of the retail business of Franklins, despite the ACCC's upcoming appeal against the sale.
Bell case lingo baffles financial literary brain
It's no easy feat to force Paul Clitheroe, chairman of the federal government's Financial Literacy Board, to pull out his dictionary. But that's what West Australian Supreme Court Justice Neville Owen achieved with a remarkably bombastic verdict on the Bell Group case.
Greg Medcraft goes public on ASIC transparency
A tradition of secrecy at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission may finally be over after new boss Greg Medcraft vowed to open the watchdog's enforcement processes up to public scrutiny, including how and why it decides to take enforcement action.
Greg Medcraft’s face of fear, power types ending poverty
Move over Tony Negus and Robert French -- there are some movements on the Law Enforcers power list. ASIC head Greg Medcraft, who we listed as No. 4 on the Law Enforcers list, will need to shift up a notch or two.
Slow justice on Kleenmaid collapse
The wheels of justice turn slowly for Australia's corporate regulator. Almost three years after whitegoods franchise Kleenmaid collapsed with $100 million in debt, ASIC has finally launched legal action against the company's directors.
William Gummow vs Robert French
The Power Index has today named the low-profile Justice William Gummow as the High Court's most powerful judge, ahead of Chief Justice Robert French.
World of Law Enforcers
Judges, police officers, corporate regulators, crime commission bosses and even a spymaster: our assortment of powerful Law Enforcers sure is a motley crew.
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One assumes the PM's not texted Rebekah Brooks his commiserations with lol this time around.