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Maeve Bannister

End pork-barrelling to restore trust, inquiry hears

A former NSW anti-corruption chief says pork-barrelling could amount to misconduct in public office. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Pork-barrelling must be abolished if the federal government wants to return integrity to its grant process, the former chief commissioner of the NSW anti-corruption agency says.

A parliamentary committee examining the Commonwealth grants process was provided with a statement by Peter Hall KC which called for pork-barrelling to be included in the ministerial code of conduct.

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