This is a landmark vote in our parliament.
For more than 10 years the Greens have had a bill before the parliament to establish an anti-corruption commission with teeth. We’ve had some support from the crossbench over the years and 18 months ago Labor finally got on board. We even managed to get the Liberals to begrudgingly agree it was needed late last year.
Let your friends know that our Greens bill to improve integrity and root out corruption just PASSED the Senate.
Public trust in politicians has nose-dived and over the past few months the Morrison government has been plagued with scandals.
Allegations of corruption in the management of the Murray-Darling Basin, Ministers interfering in the immigration and customs processes on behalf of Crown Casino (a major donor to the Liberal and Labor parties) and ex-ministers taking up plum lobbying positions in industries they ‘regulated’ just months earlier.
A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog is the first step to stop scandals like these and start restoring trust, and now we’ve managed to pass my bill to create a National Integrity Commission, with the support of Centre Alliance, Jacqui Lambie and Labor.
What happens next? The bill needs to pass the House of Representatives before it can become law.
The pressure is now on the Government to back this bill in the House, where the crossbench and Opposition also want a strong corruption body not the weak, toothless Government proposal which hasn’t moved an inch for almost a year.
There has already been some government backbenchers who have been vocal about crossing the floor on this issue – we’ll keep working with the opposition, crossbench and who ever will listen to get this passed in the House. Watch this space!
The cosy relationship between government and big business needs to end.
I’m committed to keeping up the pressure and shining a spotlight wherever there is a hint of wrongdoing.
It’s time we restored public confidence in our politicians but to do this we need to root out corruption, get rid of corporate donations to political parties and ensure that decisions are made in the interests of our community, not the big end of town.
Senator Larissa Waters
Greens spokesperson for democracy
For more than 10 years the Greens have had a bill before the parliament to establish an anti-corruption commission with teeth. We’ve had some support from the crossbench over the years and 18 months ago Labor finally got on board. We even managed to get the Liberals to begrudgingly agree it was needed late last year.
Let your friends know that our Greens bill to improve integrity and root out corruption just PASSED the Senate.
Public trust in politicians has nose-dived and over the past few months the Morrison government has been plagued with scandals.
Allegations of corruption in the management of the Murray-Darling Basin, Ministers interfering in the immigration and customs processes on behalf of Crown Casino (a major donor to the Liberal and Labor parties) and ex-ministers taking up plum lobbying positions in industries they ‘regulated’ just months earlier.
A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog is the first step to stop scandals like these and start restoring trust, and now we’ve managed to pass my bill to create a National Integrity Commission, with the support of Centre Alliance, Jacqui Lambie and Labor.
What happens next? The bill needs to pass the House of Representatives before it can become law.
The pressure is now on the Government to back this bill in the House, where the crossbench and Opposition also want a strong corruption body not the weak, toothless Government proposal which hasn’t moved an inch for almost a year.
There has already been some government backbenchers who have been vocal about crossing the floor on this issue – we’ll keep working with the opposition, crossbench and who ever will listen to get this passed in the House. Watch this space!
The cosy relationship between government and big business needs to end.
I’m committed to keeping up the pressure and shining a spotlight wherever there is a hint of wrongdoing.
It’s time we restored public confidence in our politicians but to do this we need to root out corruption, get rid of corporate donations to political parties and ensure that decisions are made in the interests of our community, not the big end of town.
Yours in solidarity,
Senator Larissa Waters
Greens spokesperson for democracy
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