Labor urged to bolster federal Icac plan with more protection for whistleblowers
Budgetary independence for corruption commission and wider ability to investigate also sought amid crossbench concern at omitted reforms
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The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has been urged to beef up Labor’s integrity commission proposal with calls to protect whistleblowers and lower the bar for investigations.
Details shared by Dreyfus in confidential roundtables on the design of the anti-corruption body on Wednesday have confirmed concerns some reforms proposed in the crossbench bill will be omitted, although its architect, independent MP Helen Haines, is mostly satisfied with progress.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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