NSW accused of starving Icac and integrity watchdogs of funding

Budgets for Icac, NSW ombudsman, information and privacy commissioner and Law Enforcement Conduct Commission fall

The New South Wales opposition has warned that the state's anti-corruption and integrity watchdogs are being starved of funding despite increasing workloads and threadbare staffing.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) was given what the NSW government described as "record" funding in 2017-18, amounting to $27m a year for four years.