Federal ICAC: 5 experts rate the Coalition and Labor policies on a federal anti-corruption body
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 2022-05-06

0:00 - Coalition policy rating
2:18 - Labor policy rating

Corruption in politics is a big issue for Australian voters this federal election.

Over 10% of respondents to The Conversation’s #SetTheAgenda poll said they wanted candidates to be talking about integrity, corruption and a federal independent commission against corruption (or ICAC) this election campaign.

One voter asked us: “Will they implement a national anti-corruption commission (with teeth!) that can investigate retrospectively?”

Research from Griffith University and Transparency International Australia found 67% of Australians surveyed supported the idea of a federal anti-corruption commission.

So we asked five experts to analyse and grade the major parties’ policies on the issue of a federal ICAC.

The expert panel:

• Kate Griffiths – Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
• Adam Graycar – Professor of Public Policy, University of Adelaide
• A. J. Brown – Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
• Gabrielle Appleby – Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
• Yee-Fui Ng – Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University

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Interview by Liam Petterson, Deputy Politics Editor
Edited and produced by Chynthia Wijaya, Deputy Multimedia Editor