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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Scott Morrison’s Icac claims are ‘absolute rubbish’, say transparency experts

Scott Morrison on the campaign trail in Queensland on Friday
Scott Morrison on the campaign trail in Queensland on Friday. A former judge and a senior counsel to Icac have criticised his ‘kangaroo court’ claims. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Transparency experts have criticised as “absolute rubbish” Scott Morrison’s claims that the resignations of New South Wales Liberal premiers Nick Greiner and Barry O’Farrell show the Independent Commission Against Corruption is a “kangaroo court”.

On the defensive after effectively ditching his commitment to create a federal anti-corruption body, Morrison complained on Friday that the NSW Icac had resulted in politicians quitting “too many times”.

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