The Morrison government has missed its own deadline to release its integrity commission legislation for consultation, with Christian Porter refusing to commit to a timeline for its passage. Porter admitted the government had missed its self-imposed deadline, as it faces a fight winning over members of its own backbench who remain concerned the two-tier proposal won’t hold ministers and MPs to account. “Work to deliver the commonwealth integrity commission draft consultation bill is now all but complete,” Porter told the Guardian. This is why we need a powerful and independent National Integrity Commission now, and why Mr Morrison and MrPorter refuse to establish one. Metadata shows the council’s publicly available report on its website was not altered after it was first uploaded in November 2018.

Source: The Guardian January 17, 2020 02:17 UTC