Document sent to parliament’s presiding officers included claim that government MPs sought to undermine integrity watchdog
William Partlett, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne law school, said the presiding officers – who received the letter – had a duty to circulate the letter to all of parliament.
“There’s nothing in law that requires them to pass it on, but there is a strong argument to be made that parliamentary convention suggests that they should have.”, refuted the claims that his government MPs – who sit on the committee that has oversight of integrity agencies – acted inappropriately. “I’m not having a debate with a bloke who used to run an agency and he’s apparently written a letter that I haven’t seen.”Redlich used the letter – in the final weeks of his position in December – to call for an overhaul of the state’s integrity and oversight committee to ensure it could not be dominated or chaired by government MPs.
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