Scott Morrison again blames Labor for Coalition’s failure to deliver federal Icac

PM said government had not broken its election promise to create anti-corruption body, despite never introducing legislation

Scott Morrison has doubled down on an attempt to blame Labor and the Senate for his own failure to introduce legislation after facing a barrage of questions about his broken election promise to implement a federal integrity commission.

The Labor leader, Anthony Albanese, declared on Thursday that Morrison was dragging his heels on setting up a federal anti-corruption body because he didn’t want his own ministers, or politically charged decision-making in cases like the sports rorts, to face a proper investigatory probe.

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Source: The Guardian