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Integrity commission is Morrison government’s ‘broken election promise’

December 16, 2021

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Morrison government is going into another election without a robust federal integrity commission is a "disgrace", says Independent MP Helen Haines.

Ms Haines said the Australian public need one to give them confidence their money is being "spent appropriately".

It follows a report by the Nine papers analysing more than 19,000 government grants across 11 programs found Coalition seats received $1.9 billion in three years, while Labor electorates got less than $530 million.

"The Prime Minister promised us that (integrity commission) three years ago – it was an election promise ... and it's clear this is a broken election promise," Ms Haines told Sky News Australia.

"We're going to see more of this misspending of public funds through pork-barreling to purchase seats – not for the public good."

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1:21PM December 16, 2021

Morrison government is going into another election without a robust federal integrity commission is a “disgrace”, says Independent MP Helen Haines.

Ms Haines said the Australian public need one to give them confidence…

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