MARK DREYFUS
SHADOW ATTORNEY-GENERAL
SHADOW MINISTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
MEMBER FOR ISAACS
TOO MANY EXCUSES AND NOT ENOUGH INTEGRITY
Attorney-General Christian Porter has today found yet another excuse to delay action on a National Integrity Commission despite warnings "of huge corruption risks.
It has now been almost two-and-a-half years since the Morrison Government claims to have started work on its weak, ineffective and opaque Commonwealth Integrity Commission.
Its almost 18 months since the Prime Minister and Attorney-General promised to have draft legislation ready before the end of 2019.
Now, the Attorney-General is using the COVID-19 pandemic as yet another excuse to delay acting on integrity.
The ever-growing list of scandals surrounding the Morrison Government shows why Australia needs a powerful and independent National Integrity Commission and why Mr Morrison and his colleagues continue to show such little interest in establishing one.
Unlike the Morrison Government, Labor is committed to the establishment of a powerful, transparent and independent national integrity commission.
FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
