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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy Political editor

Scott Morrison again blames Labor for Coalition’s failure to deliver federal Icac

Scott Morrison has doubled down on an attempt to blame Labor and the Senate for his own failure to introduce legislation after facing a barrage of questions about his broken election promise to implement a federal integrity commission.

The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, declared on Thursday that Morrison was dragging his heels on setting up a federal anti-corruption body because he didn’t want his own ministers, or politically charged decision-making in cases like the sports rorts, to face a proper investigatory probe.

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