How do the major parties rate on an independent anti-corruption commission? We asked 5聽experts

Posted on Apr 28 2022 by Sarah Cervone

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Corruption in politics is a big issue for Australian voters this federal election.

Over 10% of respondents to The Conversation鈥檚 #SetTheAgenda said they wanted candidates to be talking about integrity, corruption and a federal independent commission against corruption (or ICAC) this election campaign.

One voter asked us: 鈥淲ill they implement a national anti-corruption commission (with teeth!) that can investigate retrospectively?鈥

Research from Griffith University and Transparency International Australia found surveyed supported the idea of a federal anti-corruption commission.

So we asked five experts to analyse and grade the major parties鈥 policies on the issue of a federal ICAC.

Here are their detailed responses:

Coalition

Labor

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