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Voters divided on party lines over public anti-corruption hearings: poll
A narrow majority of the electorate wants the nation’s new integrity watchdog to hold more public hearings to crack down on corruption, with only 27 per cent in favour of using open hearings when “exceptional circumstances” apply.
- David Crowe
- Brisbane Times
As Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus steps up the case for his draft law to create the new commission, a new Resolve Political Monitor survey shows that 50 per cent of Labor voters want it to hold more public hearings while only 43 per cent of Coalition voters take the same view.
The exclusive results heighten the debate over the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) when Greens and…