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| Subject: Former OZschwitz judge says a federal Commission Against Corruption is more important than ever Sun Jun 10, 2018 7:40 pm | |
| Evidence of foreign attempts to influence Australian politics strengthens the case for a federal ICAC says Stephen Charles, a former Victorian appeals court judge who is one of a number of senior jurists who have been lobbying the federal government to establish such a body.
Mr Charles met the Attorney-General, Christian Porter, last week and said he is satisfied the government is seriously considering how such a body might work.
He said he was told in the meeting that the government was sympathetic to the idea, “but waiting to be convinced”.
Earlier this year the Opposition leader Bill Shorten said a Labor government would establish a federal ICAC-style body, but the proposal has met resistance among some influential members of the government.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/former-judge-stephen-charles-says-a-federal-icac-is-more-important-than-ever-20180610-p4zkm0.html |
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