Scott Morrison’s failure to establish a federal corruption commission was one of the key reasons for the Coalition’s election loss.

Along with climate change, the issue helped turbocharge the teals’ campaign arguing for greater integrity in government – however vaguely defined. The “sports rorts” program and opportunistic funding of dubious commuter car parks in marginal electorates in the 2019 election came to symbolise the problem in the public mind in 2022.