Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The government's Commonwealth Integrity Commission, the CIC, is properly designed, having gone through a robust consultation phase and properly funded, with $106.7 million of new money allocated to it in the budget over the forward estimates—nearly double what Labor planned to allocate to it. As a result of COVID-19, the release of the exposure draft CIC legislation has been delayed. Importantly, the government's immediate focus has been to keep Australians safe and provide the support framework needed to help businesses and protect jobs. The exposure draft legislation will be released at an appropriate time after more-immediate priorities concerning the management of COVID-19 recovery have been dealt with.

Question agreed to.