Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The government has given in to pressure to set up a new Commonwealth Integrity Commission but its operation would be strictly circumscribed, without the ability to hold public hearings into allegations of corruption against politicians.
While the new organisation would be the lead body in Australia’s multi-agency anti-corruption framework,...
Read more: Government agrees to national anti-corruption body – with strict limits