A mid-July poll found that 51% of Russians approved of Snowden's whistleblowing activities and 43% supported granting him asylum in the country.
Granting the officers anonymity would be a "major derogation of the open justice principles", said barrister Caoilfhionn Gallagher, for the media.
Macdonald faces prosecution over granting a coal mining exploration licence in the Hunter valley to Doyles Creek Mining, a company owned by former mining union official John Maitland, without putting out a tender.
Only last week an investigation by the BBC found that tax credit officials were granting some 2,700 immigrants payments based on national insurance numbers as the only form of identification.
The easy option would be to avoid granting access to anything more difficult than that.
Similar calls for an Icac-style body have been made repeatedly, including by the Labor opposition, and inquiry commissioner John Lawler, in his adverse findings against former Labor leader Delia Lawrie and her involvement in the granting of a 10-year, rent-free lease of a historic Darwin site to Unions NT.
It would be the equivalent of Ed Miliband granting David Cameron and Nick Clegg two years' grace in the House of Commons, an absence of political war unthinkable in British politics.
After talks with the Northern Ireland secretary, Theresa Villiers, at Hillsborough Castle on Wednesday night, Robinson also claimed that some of the 187 IRA on-the-runs wanted by police for Troubles-related crimes had been given royal pardons, effectively granting them amnesties.
At Di Girolamo's request, Koelma organised for Hartcher to ask questions in parliament critical of the management of Sydney Water, who were strongly opposed to granting AWH the partnership.
This was what we'd been led to expect – Dobson, starring in the reconstructions, had been trailed as the mature foil to youthful presenter Dan Snow, who steered the documentary segments; much of Armada's pre-publicity consisted of Dobson granting "exclusive" insights into the four hours she'd spent in makeup each day, layering on wrinkles, "leather-spots" and blackened teeth.
Though the granting of planning permission may encourage a positive decision, the falling oil price and uncertainty over what may happen to wind energy subsidies after the general election make long-term investments in the sector more fraught.
