Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer, but the minister would recognise that his answer focused on offences and penalties and not so much on the investigating capacity of the bodies concerned. Does the minister recall that Mr McGinty, the Attorney-General of Western Australia, described his own commission as a ‘standing royal commission’? Does the minister concede that there is a strong demand for higher political standards and political governance in Australia, and does the minister believe that the government might be of a mind to review this issue and perhaps consider an anti-corruption commission again, based on current experience and trends?