Veteran Liberal MP and former treasurer Kim Wells has accused Andrews’ office of “direct political interference” into the Integrity and Oversight Committee. | By Paul Sakkal paulsakkal SpringSt
from IBAC to the committee last week, reprimanding MPs over the inquiry into witness welfare following a suspected suicide, was met with a late-night riposte from new Labor committee chair Gary Maas.
He emphasised it was “incredibly inappropriate for a member of the executive government to get involved or interfere with any parliamentary committee”.The Premier’s office did not respond to three specific questions about any involvement it may have had in Maas’ statement. Instead, a government spokeswoman said: “The chair of the Integrity and Oversight Committee speaks for himself.”
Hearings blew up when former chair Harriet Shing, a close ally of Andrews who has since been promoted into the ministry, demanded to “cut the feed” when IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich was asked why Andrews was questioned by IBAC in private rather than in public. Shing also blocked Ombudsman Deborah Glass from answering questions about the so-called red shirts rort because it was subject to active investigation.
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