Latest CMC probe due for release in Qld QUEENSLAND'S embattled crime and corruption watchdog is having a bad week, with a second report on its behaviour about to be handed down. The parliamentary committee which oversees the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) will table its report on Friday into the public release and shredding of documents from the landmark Fitzgerald inquiry into police corruption. The committee's chair, independent MP Liz Cunningham, has attacked the CMC for its poor note-taking, its inability to recall events and its failure to notify the committee of the error. It will be the second report on the CMC to be handed down this week. On Wednesday, the government released the executive summary of a six-month review of the CMC, headed by former High Court judge Ian Callinan. The scathing report recommends sweeping changes to the CMC, including prosecuting whistleblowers who lodge unfounded allegations and those who publicise complaints, including the media. Ms Cunningham supports some of the recommendations but is concerned that whistleblowers could be deterred from coming forward. She also doesn't believe that investigations should be kept secret. "One of the best impetus for any department, whether it is the CMC or a department of government to act, is to know that someone is looking at them or they are under public gaze," she told ABC radio. Former LNP MP turned independent Alex Douglas, who used to hold Ms Cunningham's position, is concerned the Public Service Commissioner would be in control of an administrative restructure of the CMC. He said the commissioner was an instrument of government. "You don't put a non-independent person in to review an independent body," he told AAP. For all intents and purposes you could say, you have created a body which existed purely to rubber-stamp the actions of government. Premier Campbell Newman hasn't put a timeframe on introducing the reforms but allayed concerns that media freedom is at risk. "I'm very mindful of the very important job that the media have to do and I look forward to hearing from media outlets about the implementation of those sorts of recommendations," he said. We need to ensure that media and journalists can do their job of reporting matters in the public interest. Mr Newman said he'd like to see Ms Cunningham and Mr Callinan push for the same outcomes. "I think we have to see a fusion of these two lines of inquiry," he said. We've then got to come to a common view, the chair of the PCMC and the government, as to what the way forward is and then we will come up with an implementation program.