In a wide-ranging interview the Opposition Leader signals he’s prepared to back the landmark anti-corruption body, with the government expected to reveal its plan tomorrow.
abc.net.au/news/peter-dutto-signals-federal-icac-support-four-corners-interview/101449942Peter Dutton has signalled that he is preparing to back the government's landmark proposed federal anti-corruption commission, declaring his confidence that "there'll be a bill that we can support".
However, Mr Dutton added: "I support the integrity commission, we're working with the government in that regard, and I believe that there'll be a bill that we can support."The former Coalition government, of which Mr Dutton was a senior minister, failed to implement an anti-corruption commission during its term of office. Mr Dutton defended this decision.
"Sometimes the public only see a snapshot of you through a very quick grab in a news package or during question time," he told Four Corners.Mr Dutton told Four Corners that his perspective has changed in the decades since he was a police officer.
One of those people is lawyer and human rights advocate Nyadol Nyuon. She argues that when it comes to assessing Mr Dutton's suitability as a political leader, his record is a far more important consideration than whether or not he has a "softer" side. Ms Nyuon was critical of Mr Dutton in 2018 when he leapt into the political debate over a crime spree in Melbourne that some commentators and politicians were sheeting home to "African gangs".
When he took over the leadership, there was speculation that as a leading conservative Mr Dutton would drag the Liberal party to the hard right."I noticed … when we first talked about him coming into the role that he is now, everybody's saying he is going to drive … to the far right, the ultra-far right. I call bullshit on that, quite frankly. Nothing could be further from the truth," he says.
"To make sure that we have an economic environment where young kids who come from poorer backgrounds can go on to a tertiary education," he says.
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