The independence of the corruption watchdog is at risk because decisions around its funding are made behind closed doors by cabinet ministers who could end up involved in one its inquiries | AlexSmithSMH
"The cabinet expenditure review committee makes the decisions about the budget proposals that are presented to it from ICAC," the report says.
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers will introduce the bill to the upper house on Tuesday, with the backing of Labor, to give ICAC funding independence. Ms Berejiklian said on Monday she would be "looking at the recommendations" from Ms Crawford's report and urged the Shooters to wait for Ms Crawford's findings.ICAC has previously warned the parliament that funding shortfall would have "an immediate and devastating effect on the commission's frontline services and, therefore, its ability to fight corruption".
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