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Albanese: a federal Icac would ‘have the scope to look at what they see fit’ to investigate

Daniel Hurst

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says the soon-to-be-established anti-corruption commission will “have the scope to look at what they see fit” to investigate.

The presenter of ABC Perth’s Mornings program, Nadia Mitsopoulos, asked:

You are committing to establishing a national anti-corruption commission in your first year in government. Your policy says that that would be…