Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister's model of a national anticorruption commission have the power to investigate the purchase of land in the Leppington Triangle for 10 times its actual value?

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for her question. The facts are that our government has a well-developed model for a Commonwealth integrity commission. The full exposure draft of the bill underpinning our model is in the public domain and has been there for many months. We have committed $150 million in funding for our Commonwealth Integrity Commission, and we stand ready to proceed with the legislation should the Labor Party indicate that it wants to engage seriously on this matter rather than engage in the kinds of cheap political stunts that we have heard from the shadow Attorney-General and now the shadow minister for infrastructure.

Andrew Wallace (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Hotham is warned.

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We are getting on with engaging seriously with the important question of public policy, and we stand ready to introduce this legislation as soon as the Labor Party show us that they are ready to work seriously on this and work with us.

Andrew Wallace (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Shortland is warned.