Greens warn attorney general could weaponise and release secret reports of anti-corruption body

Original article by Paul Karp
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 18-Oct-22

The joint select committee examining the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation will begin four days of hearings on 18 October, at which transparency advocates will call for a lower threshold for public hearings by the NACC than is currently outlined in the legislation. The Coalition has called for greater safeguards before public hearings are to be considered, while the Greens have warned that giving the attorney-general of the day the discretion to publish secret NACC reports could allow that person to discredit political opponents.

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