In early May, three weeks into his 2022 re-election campaign, Scott Morrison gave an interview to the Nine newspapers in which he warned of the dangers of a federal anti-corruption agency.

‘The unintended consequences of an ill-thought-through integrity commission, I think are very dangerous,’ Morrison said.

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The Whiff of Corruption

Ben Eltham

Winter 2022

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