“I put forward a detailed plan,a detailed proposal which the Labor Party rejects. I have honoured my proposal. The Labor Party don’t support it. That is where the issue rests,” Morrison said on Thursday,as he campaigned in Tasmania.
The government went to the 2019 election promising to set up the new agency,and released a draft law for public comment,but never tabled a bill in the last Parliament for a debate.
Pressed on whether he would be open to amending the government’s model to address the criticisms,Morrison said he was not interested in a model resembling the NSW Independent Corruption Commission which he called a “kangaroo court”.
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Campaigning in the marginal NSW seat of Hunter,near Newcastle,Albanese rejected the attempt to blame Labor as “bizarre”,and claimed the Coalition hadditched the issue because it didn’t want a commission to scrutinise its policies or ministers.
“[Morrison] said very clearly when he became prime minister,there would be a national integrity commission. And yet what he’s done is not even introduced the legislation to the parliament,” Albanese said.
“The reason why this prime minister doesn’t want an anti-corruption commission is sitting on his front bench...A national integrity commission would look at the money that was paid for land at Badgerys Creek - $30 million for land that was worth $3 million. It would look at the sports rorts saga. This is a prime minister who can’t be trusted to deliver on his commitments next term because he’s shown this term that he can’t be trusted.”