{"id":804,"date":"2018-11-25T21:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T21:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=804"},"modified":"2018-11-25T21:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-11-25T21:39:42","slug":"time-for-mr-morrison-to-act-on-anti-corruption-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/time-for-mr-morrison-to-act-on-anti-corruption-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"TIME FOR MR MORRISON TO ACT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Opposition is urging Mr Morrison to finally commit to a National Integrity Commission in the final sitting fortnight of the year.<br \/>\nThere is no reason to end 2018 without a bi-partisan commitment to a national anti-corruption body.<br \/>\nWe welcome today\u2019s open letter to the Prime Minister from 34 former judges, calling on him to establish a National Integrity Commission.<br \/>\nThe former judges write:\u00a0<em>\u201cA National Integrity Commission is urgently needed to fill the gaps in our integrity system and restore trust in our democracy.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nLabor agrees.<br \/>\nIn recent years, many Australians have lost faith in politics and our public institutions. It\u2019s time for us to\u00a0do\u00a0better. It\u2019s time for us to help restore people\u2019s faith in politics.<br \/>\nAt the beginning on 2018, we announced our plan to legislate for a federal anti-corruption body.<br \/>\nA bi-partisan process to establish a National Integrity Commission would help ensure the complex consultation and design work can be completed swiftly, and a body established as a priority.<br \/>\nMr Morrison delayed the Banking Royal Commission by voting against it 26 times. He shouldn\u2019t make the same mistake with a National Integrity Commission.<br \/>\nLet\u2019s make this issue above politics. The Parliament can come together this week and start the process of establishing a National Integrity Commission.<br \/>\nThe Labor Opposition will continue to push for a National Integrity Commission. And if Mr Morrison refuses to act, a Shorten Labor Government will make it law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Opposition is urging Mr Morrison to finally commit to a National Integrity Commission in the final sitting fortnight of the year. There is no reason to end 2018 without a bi-partisan commitment to a national anti-corruption body. We welcome today\u2019s open letter to the Prime Minister from 34 former judges, calling on him to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2018\/11\/25\/time-for-mr-morrison-to-act-on-anti-corruption-commission\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;TIME FOR MR MORRISON TO ACT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION&#8221;<\/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-804","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\/804","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=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}