Bill
National Integrity Commission Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. (s) MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Cathy McGowan
- Portfolio
- (s) MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-11-26
- second reading — 2018-11-26
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2018-11-26.
This bill would create a national anti-corruption agency for the Commonwealth public sector.
The agency would be led by a judge or retired judge as commissioner, with powers like a royal commission to investigate corruption and refer findings for prosecution.
Federal judges are not covered initially, but the bill includes a process to review their inclusion later.
- Establishes the Australian National Integrity Commission as an independent anti-corruption body.
- Gives the commission royal commission powers to investigate corruption involving the Commonwealth government.
- Creates a mandatory reporting requirement for public officials and agency heads to refer corruption issues.
- Sets up a Whistleblower Protection Commissioner within the commission.
- Subjects the commission to oversight by a parliamentary joint committee and a parliamentary inspector.
- Operates alongside a second bill that would create codes of conduct and a standards commissioner for parliamentarians.
Federal politicians, the federal public sector, and private sector businesses regulated by the Commonwealth.
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