Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Waters, no, the consultation was genuine consultation. Certainly the issue we have is this: we have a bill to deliver a Commonwealth Integrity Commission, that is a bill that we have. It is a bill that has been out there. Not only do we have a bill, we have actually committed funding of $150 million to fund the body when it gets up. We have consulted widely on its structure. What our proposed model will do will build on the already strong anticorruption arrangements that exist at the Commonwealth level. We have released our bill to the public. In fact, if you were to join us, we could forget about the Labor Party, because they just want a political witch-hunt. They just want a political witch-hunt when it comes to a Commonwealth Integrity Commission. They are not interested in a model that ensures that integrity is pursued in a manner which—