Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the only reason he planned to introduce legislation for a national anticorruption commission was to attempt to encourage one of his backbenchers, a plan which even his own ministers did not support? Instead of playing politics, why won't the Prime Minister do his job and introduce a national anticorruption commission?

Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Our government developed a detailed proposal for a Commonwealth integrity commission, hundreds of pages of legislation which I have tabled in this parliament. If the Labor Party wishes to support that legislation, it can become a reality. The only party standing in the way of it is the Labor Party, and I'm not surprised. If you look up to Queensland, if you look down to Victoria, I am not surprised that the Labor Party would not seek to support the legislation that I have tabled in this parliament. Our legislation goes to hundreds of pages, there's goes to a two-page thought bubble.

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

The member for McEwen, would you like to withdraw that unparliamentary remark?

Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I withdraw.

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

I thank the member for McEwen. The member for Flynn has the call.