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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

Anthony Albanese says PM’s broken federal Icac promise ‘fails the laugh test’ as Chalmers defends Labor campaign

Anthony Albanese, centre, said Scott Morrison’s claim Labor was to blame for the lack of a federal integrity commission ‘fails the laugh test’.
Anthony Albanese, centre, said Scott Morrison’s claim Labor was to blame for the lack of a federal integrity commission ‘fails the laugh test’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Anthony Albanese has attacked Scott Morrison for blaming a lack of Labor support as the reason he couldn’t legislate his proposed anti-corruption commission, saying the argument “fails the laugh test”, as the federal opposition defended their rocky start to the election campaign.

On Saturday, as Labor unveiled a commitment to legislate a national anti-corruption commission by the end of 2022 if elected, both the prime minister and opposition leader faced questions over their ideal model for an integrity body, with Albanese suggesting Labor’s version would be stronger than the Coalition’s proposal that was widely panned and opposed by some government MPs.

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