Scott Morrison effectively ditches his promise to establish a federal anti-corruption commission
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5Y4G8)
Prime minister says if Coalition wins election he would only introduce legislation if Labor agreed in advance to back heavily criticised model
Scott Morrison has effectively abandoned his promise to establish a federal anti-corruption watchdog, confirming he would only proceed with legislation in the new parliament if Labor agreed to pass the Coalition's heavily criticised proposal without amendments.
Morrison pledged before the 2019 election to legislate a federal integrity body in the parliamentary term that has just ended. The prime minister broke that promise, failing to introduce his own proposal before the 46th parliament was prorogued.
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