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Independent calls for PM to protect' potential Icac from government interference

The independent MP Helen Haines, has called on the prime minister to protect" a potential federal Icac from any future government interference.

We need more detail around how it will be funded to make sure, in subsequent governments, that the powers of this commission can't be eroded away. And we need to make sure that the broad definition of corruption can really capture anyone who attempts to improperly influence government decisions.

The other part of it that I haven't seen, and I would like to see, is what the government plans to do to encourage a pro-integrity culture. And I haven't seen anything about that thus far.