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The government’s proposed integrity commission has come under fire.
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The proposed National Integrity Commission is under attack, amid fears it will be toothless. The government needs to rethink its model.
The area of greater uncertainty under Labor is a very different one –
that is, how much of the unions’ agenda a Shorten government would be willing to embrace.
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In the lead up to next week’s ALP national conference, which Shorten
needs to run smoothly, the government has been trying to exploit what
it sees as a Labor weak point – border protection.
Despite the crossbenchers now looming large in his world, Scott Morrison didn’t make time to sit in the chamber for Kerryn Phelps’ maiden.
speech.
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The government now finds itself in the rather bizarre situation of having voted for a “national anti-corruption commission” without committing itself to one.
Essential poll numbers show Bill Shorten is playing to ALP’s strengths.
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Come election time, votes won’t turn on an integrity commission. They will turn on such issues as cost of living, discontent with flat wages, and health.