Rick Wilson (O'Connor, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister please explain why NDIS workers and soldiers will be subject to the National Anti-Corruption Commission but union officials exercising a power under the law of the Commonwealth will have a specific exclusion?

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Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! Members on my left will cease interjecting. The member for O'Connor was heard in silence.

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. He seems unaware that, of course, people in the industrial relations system are covered by the Fair Work Ombudsman as well as the Fair Work Commission, and they're subject to that. One of the things that we've done with the National Anti-Corruption Commission in part—he might want to talk to the Leader of the Opposition about this, because he's made it very clear that what we shouldn't do with the National Anti-Corruption Commission is duplicate systems that are in place already.

For example, parliamentarians with IPEA are excluded from the NACC provisions. They've done that as a result of the clear indication from those opposite, that I agree with as well, that what you need to do with the National Anti-Corruption Commission is fill the gaps which are there. You don't need to duplicate laws and provisions which are available already.