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Labor may need to negotiate with teal independents if it wants to fulfil its pledge of legislating for a national anti-corruption commission by the end of 2022.
The teal independents have stated their support for a robust bill put forward by independent MP Helen Haines. Her model for a national integrity commission is based on the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), which outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison labelled a “kangaroo court”.
The teal independent’s preferred anti-corruption commission would “consider any allegations of misuse of public money”, including pork-barreling.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.