Labor Leader Bryan Green today condemned the State Liberal Governments attack on Tasmania’s Integrity Commission.
“Any Government that seeks to diminish the powers of a body like the Integrity Commission is potentially corrupt,” Mr Green said.
“The obvious question is, what have the Liberals in Tasmania got to hide?
“People are very worried about this Government and Tasmanians are already losing faith and trust in them.
“No one was more vocal in support of the Integrity Commission than the Liberals.”
At the time the commission was established Will Hodgman told Tasmania’s Parliament:
“The Commission must have its own investigative powers. We felt from the outset that it was an absolutely essential characteristic of a body such as this that for it to have real validity and effect it should have investigative powers.”
“The establishment of the Integrity Commission in Tasmania had the support of all political parties, so what has changed for the Liberals,” Mr Green said.
Bryan Green MP Labor Leader
