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Australian parliament: Greens push Albanese government to broaden federal anti-corruption watchdog’s scope and powers

Greens senator David Shoebridge says the party will push for the new federal anti-corruption agency to have broader powers.

One senses that Costello’s SMH, The Age and Ch9 is suggesting that the Greens and the ALP are at loggerheads on the matter of the  Anti-Corruption Watchdog more so than the LNP and Labor are. Why would that be? Why stir up problems where none exist, and in whose favour are they running this chaos theory in government as fact?

This article seems a totally confected piece of crap arguing trouble is brewing and running a “chicken little” scare campaign when in fact there is none. But rather there is normal discussion being held by two parties who fundamentally agree that an anti-corruption commission is necessary.

The Age seems to be doing its best to model itself on Murdoch media. An Opposition rather than a News and information outlet when it places AG Dreyfus having successful talks with backbenchers last rather than first in its report.

The Attorney-General declined to comment on specific features sought by the Greens. But a spokesman said Dreyfus had been encouraged by the consultations he had had with MPs and senators across the parliament.

Last month Dreyfus said Labor’s legislation would build on the model advocated by independent Indi MP Helen Haines, who introduced a widely lauded integrity bill into the last parliament, as well as draw on the anti-corruption commissions already operating in states and territories.

Source: Australian parliament: Greens push Albanese government to broaden federal anti-corruption watchdog’s scope and powers

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Dude, where’s our federal anti-corruption body? – » The Australian Independent Media Network

No shortage of fodder When asked about recent scandals that might warrant the establishment of a federal anti-corruption commission, Rowlings was not short for words. “Just in the past year, we have had some classic cases that should attract formal attention for possible corruption,” he said. Along with the sports rorts grants, he pointed to Angus Taylor’s grassland issue, the alleged use of federal electorate offices for branch stacking – possibly by both major parties – and ASIC’s failure to take action against corporations. Rowlings also pointed to a few more discrepancies that involve the architect behind the Coalition’s proposed CIC. There was Porter’s stacking of the Administrative Affairs Tribunal with favourable judicial officers right before the last election, which “he thought the Coalition was going to lose”, and then there’s the attorney general’s decision to approve the prosecution of Witness K and lawyer Bernard Collaery, after his predecessor George Brandis refused to do so. “The list can go on and on,” Rowlings concluded.

Source: Dude, where’s our federal anti-corruption body? – » The Australian Independent Media Network