Original spruikers a greater influence.
Described as a “man of great integrity”,John McMillan will investigate whether successive governments have undermined and politicised the public service.
Premier Daniel Andrews took questions from reporters but refused to comment on the revelations he was secretly grilled by Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog.
“Significant cultural reform is required within the ALP” to rid the party of a culture that encouraged the misuse of public funds,nepotism and other wrongdoing,IBAC says.
Today on Please Explain,chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Rachel Clun to discuss whether a federal corruption commission will get off the ground.
Crossbench MPs want a stronger federal corruption commission than the one originally proposed,but a Coalition frontbencher says the government’s plan has been beefed up.
The Finance Department has revealed that federal minister Michael Sukkar argued strongly that a report into allegations he was involved in rorting public resources for political purposes be kept secret.
The allegations against federal MP Michael Sukkar deserve the scrutiny of a sharp-toothed corruption watchdog. Nick McKenzie laments Canberra’s lack of such a body.
Emails and messages suggest that taxpayer funds were allegedly misused for Liberal Party purposes,highlighting again the need for a federal anti-corruption commission.
The Finance Department has not confirmed whether it knew Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar was a former senior associate for Ashurst before outsourcing a federal inquiry into his office to the law firm.
A federal inquiry into the office of Assistant Minister Michael Sukkar was outsourced to the law firm he used to work for,sparking questions over a conflict of interest in its findings.