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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Greens to seek changes to Labor’s integrity commission legislation to protect whistleblowers

The Greens justice spokesperson, David Shoebridge
The Greens justice spokesperson, David Shoebridge, announced the party would adopt amendments to the integrity legislation requested by transparency experts. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The Greens will seek to amend Labor’s integrity commission legislation to protect whistleblowers and lower the bar for investigations, in a test for government cooperation with the crossbench.

On Sunday the Greens justice spokesperson, David Shoebridge, revealed the party in the Senate would adopt a suite of amendments requested by transparency experts to align the Labor proposal with the crossbench bill championed by independent MP Helen Haines in the last parliament.

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