The Labor government and its opponents in the seats of the conservative coalition, saving several dissenting voices, have approved the draft of the legislative project presented in the hemicycle for a “royal commission” with the aim of investigating crimes of corruption. The Minister of Justice, Mark Dreyfuswas praised by experts in judicial affairs, opening the way to thoroughly investigate corruption crimes of politicians and public officials.
According to government sources, the cost of the “royal commission” investigations is around $262 million. Also, the Australian executive hopes this year to occupy the majority of the seats in the Senate and establish its own investigations in mid-2023, in order to resolve issues related to builders, businessmen and union leaders.
Politicians opposed to the legislation question the government’s measures
One of the dissenting voices that resonated the most during the parliamentary session was Andrew Wallace, former speaker of parliament, and currently a member of the conservative coalition, when he stood up from his seat shouting that the Albanese government’s measures only opened a small window to persecute victims and launch a witch hunt. He then referred to the 2013 electionswhen the Labor government led by Kevin Rudd, lost power.
Front pages and statements in the press and media value the measures undertaken by the federal government
In the national radio breakfast program answering questions from the journalist Patiricia Karvela, Senator David Shoebridgea member of the Greens party, said that the announced draft legislation had two compelling reasons to criticize the measures.
First of all, he stressed that, when episodes of corruption are systematically discovered, it is necessary for ordinary people to have access to the Commission’s investigations. And, on the other hand, he indicated that the investigations or inquiries should be dictated by the members of the “royal commission” and not by politicians.
Putting things this way, David Crowe and Angus Thompson, political analysts of the 9NEWS journalistic group, maintain that the government Commission of the legislative project falls into two variants. In the first place, if the investigations were made in secret Or otherwise; with the participation of citizens in the sense of giving them, freely, the opportunity to express cases of corruption. In addition, they added that if the prime minister does not move and continues in his thirteen to prevent citizens from freely expressing his concerns, except in exceptional cases, would be on the same level as Peter Duttonleader of the Opposition, who has revealed that when it comes to giving ground to the general public in the government Commission, it would be necessary to be very cautious.
It also gave notice to the government executive of put on a show on the reputation of political figures. However, analysts maintain that, in general terms and apart from criticism from some media outlets, the draft bill has been well received by parliamentarians and former justice court judges.
Finally, the 9NEWS journalists point out that for several years the Labor Party was calling for an investigation of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who flatly refused, saying that he would become a kind of “Kangaroo Court”, referring to a judicial court without sufficient authority to litigate in court. However, a month before the general election, in May this year, Morrison reluctantly agreed to launch an investigation, but without changing one iota from the model he had designed himself.
Causes of corruption in the public and private sectors at the international level
The monopolies established by governments in charge of the distribution of exploitation rights give rise to high levels of corruption, according to sources from the government agency of the Institute of Natural Resources.
Similarly, according to the same sources, rich countries with large resources of gas, oil and mining industries generate large economic benefits and, in these cases, governance leaves much to be desired. On a global level, the Corruption Perceptions Index places Australia in the position 18well below the Scandinavian countries and Singapore, which occupy the top positions in the statistical study published by the “International Transparency” organization.
