Senate debates Questions without Notice
Convention against Corruption
Bob Carr NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
2:02 pm
I think that is a very unreasonable question. Australia, by any test, has a robust freedom of information regime, admired by other countries. Another bulwark is the role of the Ombudsman, a very important pillar of corruption resistance. Another pillar is the role of parliamentary audit and the estimates committees for which this Senate is renowned. All these are good bulwarks against corruption and to be much promoted. States have anticorruption commissions. (Time expired)
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