Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley is to be charged with four offences, including illicit enrichment, after a probe found assets allegedly disproportionate to his lawful earnings by more than $164 million, the Integrity Commission’s corruption prosecutor has ruled.
The disclosure came in a report tabled in the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon.
Illicit enrichment primarily refers to public officials owning assets disproportionate to their lawful earnings who fail to provide a satisfactory explanation when investigated by the Integrity Commission.
Documents tabled in Parliament Wednesday show the Commission's Director of Corruption Prosecution also recommended charges of knowingly making false statements in statutory declarations, one count covering 2013 to 2017 and another covering 2018 to 2022, along with a charge for failing to provide information requested by the Commission's Director of Information and Complaints.