Bill Shorten plans to establish National Integrity Commission if he wins government

OPPOSITION Leader Bill Shorten will introduce a national anti-corruption body if Labor wins the next federal election.

BILL Shorten will pledge to establish national anti-corruption body if Labor wins the next federal election.

The Herald Sun understands the Opposition Leader will make the promise during his speech to the National Press Club in Canberra today.

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Mr Shorten left open the idea of a federal anti-corruption body, based on state commissions in Victoria and New South Wales, following years of campaigning from The Greens.

It’s understood it will be called the National Integrity Commission.

Mr Bill Shorten will make a speech today. Picture: AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said last year he was prepared to consider creating an anti-corruption watchdog.

Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce rejected the need for a corruption fighting body at the weekend.

“I don’t think there is a real sense in Australia of a concern with the political system,” Mr Joyce said.

“We don’t lack any capacity in our federal system to pursue issues that are a concern within the political frame. We’ve got a Senate in federal politics which all the time calls inquiries, it can basically subpoena people, it has the capacity if there is a query to follow that through.”

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