Bill
National Integrity Commission Bill 2017
lapsed, as at 2018-06-26. (s) BANDT, Adam, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Adam Bandt
- Portfolio
- (s) BANDT, Adam, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-10-23
- second reading — 2017-10-23
- other — 2018-06-26
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-10-23.
The bill would create a single federal anti-corruption agency that combines several existing oversight roles.
The new body, an independent statutory agency, would have a National Integrity Commissioner with full investigative powers, including public hearings and the ability to summon documents and witnesses.
The agency would not replace state bodies, but the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory could ask it to operate in their jurisdictions.
- Establishes the National Integrity Commission as an independent statutory agency.
- Gives the National Integrity Commissioner full investigative powers, including public hearings and the power to summon people and documents.
- Creates the Independent Parliamentary Advisor to give confidential advice on conflict of interest and ethics.
- Allows the ACT and Northern Territory to contract the Commission to operate in their territory.
Commonwealth departments, agencies, federal parliamentarians, their staff, the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Crimes Commission, and national law enforcement agencies.
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