Federal anti-corruption body must have power to make arrests and conduct searches, judges say

Six experts call for proposed national integrity commission to be given powers of a royal commission

A group of high-profile judges have called for a proposed federal anti-corruption body to be given the powers of a royal commission, warning “an ineffective commission is worse than no commission at all”.

The Coalition released its preferred model for a national integrity commission late last year but the body was quickly criticised for a lack of public hearings, below-par resourcing, its selective treatment of politicians and the high threshold of criminal suspicion required to commence an investigation.

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