Sky Information Political Editor Andrew Clennell says Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones “form of misled” viewers when speaking concerning the proposed nationwide anti-corruption fee.
“He says, ‘oh we’ll get 1000’s of complaints, you possibly can’t have extra in public’, that’s not the way it works,” Mr Clennell informed Sky Information Australia.
“Investigators have a look at issues, goes by an evaluation course of, and that’s earlier than any non-public or public listening to, and that’s regular for an ICAC.
“So, that’s a bit deceptive, there’s all the time non-public hearings in ICACs, the distinction right here is he’s saying solely in distinctive circumstances they’ll be public, whereas … the New South Wales mannequin, in the event that they suppose there’s sufficient proof that it must be public, it’s public.”