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Independent Helen Haines scores top spot on national anti-corruption body — but calls for committee structure reform

It’s a rare move, as despite their representative power on the crossbench, minor parties and independents rarely sit on on committee chairs.

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Will the National Anti-Corruption Commission actually stamp out corruption in government?

Last week, the government introduced into parliament the bill establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC).

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Deputy House Speaker Supachai hit with encroachment ethics probe

Deputy House Speaker Supachai Phosu is facing an ethics probe in connection with his alleged encroachment on a forest reserve in Nakhon Phanom.

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True to Coalition form, Julian Leeser looks to further sabotage federal ICAC

Having resisted an effective anti-corruption commission for years, the Coalition is now looking to sabotage Labor’s ICAC body.

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Anti-corruption body could examine Scott Morrison over Coalition’s ‘sports rorts’, Labor suggests

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus insists new commission ‘is not an exercise in political payback’ and says it could tap phones of federal politicians

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The idea that MPs only look after themselves lingers, as pressure builds over closed anti-corruption hearings

For the integrity watchdog to rebuild voter trust in politicians, it must be transparent and earn that trust

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Dreyfus puts a fork into pork rorts, for all time, with a few choice words in NACC legislation

Mark Dreyfus has slipped a bazooka into the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s tool kit: the NACC can come after politicians’ ethics.

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Australia’s CMO warns further Covid waves ‘highly likely’ – as it happened

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COVID, it’s all well and good: Perrottet

Today NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet will lead a push in national cabinet to axe five-day mandatory COVID isolation, and under the new federal ICAC legislation even the prime minister’s phone could be tapped.

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Grattan on Friday: National Anti-Corruption Commission set for easy birth thanks to Albanese-Dutton accord

Though they’d be the last to admit it, Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have more in common than you might expect. They’re both unapologetic pragmatists.

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Dutton says ‘balance is right’ on Labor’s anti-corruption laws, clearing path for bill to pass

Liberal leader urges government to ignore criticism on threshold test for public hearings and says there is ‘no place for corrupt behaviour in public life’

The Guardian - AU

National Anti-Corruption Commission: how will it work and who is in favour?

Labor proposes broad powers for Australia’s federal integrity watchdog but wants it to only hold public hearings in ‘exceptional circumstances’

The Guardian - AU

Harder than NSW, easier than Victoria: Labor walks tight path on federal ICAC public hearings

The ‘exceptional circumstances’ test for public hearings for Labor’s anti-corruption body is easier than for Victoria’s body — but harder than the NSW ICAC.

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Anti-corruption commission would hold public hearings 'in exceptional circumstances'

The Albanese government’s proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) would have a broad scope but only hold public hearings “in exceptional circumstances and where it is in the public interest to do so”.

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Labor faces crossbench backlash over integrity commission’s private hearings

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus also confirms integrity commission will be able to investigate conduct retrospectively

Bangkok Post

Police graft case not over

The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions last week cleared veteran politician Suthep Thaugsuban of corruption in relation to construction projects at police stations and police living quarters while he was deputy prime minister more than a decade ago.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton confirms Coalition in talks to pass Labor’s anti-corruption commission bill

Opposition leader warns against powers so extensive they result in ‘show trials’ as ‘good faith’ talks on bill continue

Bangkok Post

'Unusually wealthy' senior police officer's assets confiscated

The Criminal Court for Corruption and Misconduct Cases has ordered the confiscation of 136-million-baht worth of assets from Pol Lt Gen Somchai Nitayabowornkul, a former deputy commissioner of Provincial Police Region 8, who was found to be unusually wealthy by the National Anti-Corruption Commission, NACC secretary-general Niwatchai Kasemmongkol said on…

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Are Australia’s whistleblowing laws fit for purpose? A former tax officer’s hearing may tell us

Richard Boyle will try to convince a court he should be protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act. If he fails, the calls for a legal overhaul of whistleblower protections will likely be overwhelming

Bangkok Post

Opposition targets Saksayam in petition to NACC

The opposition has filed a petition against Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob for allegedly encroaching on state land, failing to declare his assets and committing conflicts of interest.

Bangkok Post

MP wants new Prawit watch probe

Move Forward Party list-MP Theeratchai Panthumas called on the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) on Tuesday to reopen an investigation into the ownership of luxury watches by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who claimed to have borrowed them from a late close friend.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese says crossbench will be to blame for any delays to anti-corruption commission

Prime minister also says Labor election commitment was only to introduce legislation for national anti-corruption commission, not necessarily to pass it

The Guardian - AU

Independent MP Helen Haines says government should not rush integrity bill inquiry

Key supporter of federal anti-corruption commission says ‘the most important thing is that parliament works constructively to get it right’

Bangkok Post

Niphon stands down to battle graft case

Niphon Bunyamanee, a deputy leader of the Democrat Party, has resigned as deputy interior minister to fight a court case for alleged malfeasance while he was president of the Songkhla provincial administration organisation (PAO) in 2013.

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Guardian Essential poll: about half say Scott Morrison should resign over secret ministries

Just over half of poll respondents say the former PM must go, including a third of Coalition voters

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