The attorney-general says a bill to establish a federal anti-corruption commission could be brought forward in the next sitting due to take place during the first two weeks of September.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the federal model would have a broad focus and not just be examining federal MPs.Legislation for a national anti-corruption commission could be introduced to the federal parliament as early as next month.
"It's going to be very broad-based, it's going to have full powers to conduct both private and public hearings, it's going to have full powers to report, it's going to be able to look at the whole of the Australian public sector," he told ABC radio on Friday. The attorney-general said the federal model would have a broad focus and not just be examining federal MPs."This anti-corruption commission is going to make reports, and from reports, we'll get public exposure of corruption. From that public exposure, we'll get action," he said.
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