Senate debates

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Questions without Notice

Commonwealth Integrity Commission

2:26 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

At the Press Club today, former chair of the Law Council of Australia and now president of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties Pauline Wright said that the threshold set by the government's model would prevent most matters from even being investigated. She described that as 'unconscionable'. Why is the government proposing an integrity commission that would not be able to investigate most breaches of integrity?

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