When the PM brought up the free private flights accepted by Peter Dutton he reinforced the view all politicians are just as bad as each other
At the core of any integrity issue or scandal in politics lies the question – did a person in power make the right decision, for the right reasons?
I am not accusing the prime minister of making decisions for the wrong reasons but the point is that the existence of freebies and close friendships can be enough to raise doubt about any elected official.But the rules as they exist don’t go far enough, and the consequences for breaching them are negligible.
The public already thinks MPs live a life full of perks and empty of responsibility or consequences. Shifting the blame while failing to fix the shortcomings at the heart of our integrity system will do nothing to change this. This is about urgent reform to laws around lobbying and donations, to ensure we get better practices from, and create a robust culture of integrity among our government agencies, institutions and politicians.Without it, we will continue to see trust in government fall. That’s why it’s so disappointing that outside the Nacc progress on other integrity matters from the government seems to have stalled. And it’s not for lack of trying from the crossbench.
Many crossbenchers have introduced bills on electoral reform, including Andrew Wilkie, Rebekha Sharkie, Zali Steggall, Kate Chaney and myself.
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