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The NACC Bill: Public hearings crucial to integrity
While the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Bill is a major achievement, there are some blemishes.
Public hearings are a crucial mechanism in promoting integrity and investigating and exposing corruption and should not be limited.
- Stephen Charles
- Pearls and Irritations
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday last week with my daughter Lucy in Parliament House, Canberra.
We were there to witness the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus KC, bringing into parliament his Bill for the creation of a National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) and his Second Reading speech. Present in the House were a large cohort of government members, and cross-benchers including Dr Helen Haines MP, and…