NT police commissioner ousted amid jobs-for-mates scandal

Michael Murphy outed himself as subject of Icac investigation that found he had mismanaged a conflict of interest

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The Northern Territory's police commissioner has been given his marching orders after a jobs-for-mates scandal uncovered by a corruption watchdog.

Michael Murphy outed himself as the subject of an Independent Commissioner Against Corruption investigation that found improper and unsatisfactory conduct against an unnamed public official who had mismanaged a conflict of interest in the recruitment of a senior officer.

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