Analysis

Why Morrison’s corruption body won’t mimic NSW’s premier-slaying ICAC

Labor says the Coalition’s integrity commission is the kind ‘you establish when you don’t want to establish an integrity commission’.

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

Nov 26, 2021 – 4.36pm

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With chaos in the air at Parliament House this week, Scott Morrison launched a stinging attack on the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, rallying dispirited and divided MPs against a great common enemy of conservatives.

After days on the backfoot in question time, the Prime Minister defended Gladys Berejiklian over her ousting by a “kangaroo court”. He alleged the former premier had been “done over by a bad process and an abuse”, claiming she had been forced to quit over her boyfriend and not possible breaches of the public trust.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.