The Coalition is blaming Labor for failing to establish a federal integrity commission, as was promised in the 2019 election.

The Prime Minister has been accused of wanting to shield his ministers from corruption probes after appearing to make no effort to introduce the bill to parliament.

Member for Ryan Julian Simmonds says there’s no point in the Coalition working on the bill without Labor’s support.

“If we’re going to have a long-lasting integrity commission, then it has to be something that both sides of politics come together to implement,” he told Scott Emerson.

“We don’t want an integrity commission that’s going to be rolled back at every election by different political parties that don’t like each other’s models.”

But Member for Lilley Anika Wells wasn’t convinced the Coalition would move, even with bipartisan support.

“The reason it hasn’t gone any further, I presume, is because every single political party and stakeholder has marketed Morrison’s model as being weak as dishwater and not effective at what it needs to do,” she said.

“After 1200 days of making that promise, Scott Morrison’s never even brought it, never even introduced it to the parliament.

“And the budget confirms if ever re-elected, he has no intention of ever changing that. It’s really disappointing.”

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