Coalition’s proposed parliamentary calendar has just 10 sitting days in first half of 2022

Labor dubs schedule - which suggests a May election - more of a slouch than a sitting calendar' as government runs out of time to establish federal integrity commission

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Labor has criticised the Coalition for proposing a parliamentary sitting calendar for next year that includes just 10 sitting days before August if an election is called immediately after the budget.

The release of the sparse sitting calendar comes as the government runs out of time to fulfil an election promise to establish a federal integrity commission, amid ongoing divisions within the party about the best model for a new anti-corruption body.

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