Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the AEC does not have the powers of a judicial inquiry and cannot recommend criminal charges, why won’t the Rudd government commit to a full, open, accountable and independent judicial inquiry into this scandal? Further, given it is now clear that the Rudd government is totally beholden to the union movement, will the government immediately support the Senate’s reference to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters?