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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Michael McGowan and agencies

Dominic Perrottet says Scott Morrison ‘absolutely’ went too far by calling Icac a kangaroo court

Dominic Perrottet
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has defended the Independent Commission Against Corruption against criticism from the prime minister, Scott Morrison. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has said he believes Scott Morrison went too far in describing the state’s anti-corruption watchdog as a “kangaroo court”.

After the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) commissioner, Stephen Rushton, described critics who used the term, including the prime minister, as “buffoons” at an parliament inquiry on Monday, Perrottet used a press conference to throw his support behind the watchdog.

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