The Greens are calling for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Scott Morrison\u2019s conduct in being secretly sworn into Ministries. Greens spokesperson for Justice Senator David Shoebridge said today that this was the best way of ensuring a full and independent inquiry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry can be established by legislation as soon as Parliament returns with the full powers of a Royal Commission, including resources and ability to compel witnesses, and importantly it would report to the Parliament, rather than the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens have said they will consult with other members of Parliament on the proposed terms of reference for the inquiry. The Greens have previously pushed for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the banking industry, which led to the establishment of the Banking Royal Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Greens\u2019 calls for greater transparency come as the Speaker declined to refer the former Prime Minister to the Privileges Committee on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senator David Shoebridge, Greens spokesperson for Justice\u00a0said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cScott Morrison has treated the people and the Parliament with contempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDeception and secrecy has no place in politics, and people voted overwhelmingly at the last election in favour of accountability and transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Greens will move for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, with the resources and powers of a Royal Commission, that reports to the whole Parliament, not just to the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe have seen how Governments often use inquiries, with hand picked chairs and limited powers, to produce political rather than fair or factual outcomes, and we can\u2019t afford a similar outcome this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe need a full and independent inquiry into Scott Morrison\u2019s secret ministerial appointments, where witnesses can be summonsed and documents examined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cScott Morrison was able to build this incredible centralised power by hiding from scrutiny. We can only force light on these shadowy powers by compelling the people who knew what happened, and when it occurred, to take the stand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe former Prime Minister\u2019s attack on democratic norms and conventions needs to be met with transparency and it needs to bring accountability,\u201d Senator Shoebridge said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Greens are calling for a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Scott Morrison\u2019s conduct in being secretly sworn into Ministries. Greens spokesperson for Justice Senator David Shoebridge said today that this was the best way of ensuring a full and independent inquiry. A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry can be established by legislation as soon as … Continue reading “Greens push for Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Morrison”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17907,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17906\/revisions\/17907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}