Coalition urged to keep election promise to set up national integrity commission

In open letter almost 60 jurists and experts say it has been 922 days since promise of anti-corruption body

Almost 60 Australian judges, lawyers and prominent experts have urged the Coalition to keep a key election promise by setting up a strong, effective national anti-corruption commission.

In an open letter on Tuesday, high-profile jurists such as Mary Gaudron, Margaret White, Paul Stein, Tony Fitzgerald and Margaret McMurdo, said the government had kept Australians waiting for 922 days after promising before the last election that a national anti-corruption body would be one of its “priority reforms” in the 46th parliament.

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