THE Independent Commissioner Against Corruption (ICAC) has cleared member for Schubert Stephan Knoll of any wrongdoing in relation to the Country Members Accommodation Allowance scandal.

In a statement on Thursday, ICAC Ann Vanstone said she had concluded investigations into a number of country MPs, including Mr Knoll, and cleared them of any wrongdoing.

Mr Knoll declined The Bunyip’s request for comment, citing the ICAC Act.

The investigation is continuing into a “small number” of other members, but Ms Vanstone’s statement said “no conclusion ought to be drawn in respect of the conduct of persons who I have not named today”.

“I have considered the material collected by the Office for Public Integrity,” she said.

“Given that the information provided so far does not reveal evidence of misconduct, I have decided not to widen those inquiries to other members of parliament.

“Due to the publicity that these matters have attracted, I think it is in the public interest that where I have reached a view on the information currently available to me that there will be no further inquiry or investigation of a particular member, I should say so publicly.”

The $234 per night Country Members Accommodation Allowance is made available to MPs who reside more than 75km from Adelaide for when they need to stay in the city for parliamentary activities.

Following an ABC News investigation into then-Upper House president Terry Stephens and claims he was staying at a Norwood townhouse while claiming the allowance, then-Lower House speaker Vincent Tarzia released 10 years’ worth of claims.

Following the information release, Mr Knoll paid nearly $30,000 in taxpayer money he had claimed through the allowance and later resigned from his role as transport, infrastructure, planning and local government minister.

Fellow minister Tim Whetstone resigned from his primary industries portfolio, with Liberal party whip Adrian Pederick and Mr Stephens also stepping down.