A federal anti-corruption watchdog will be up and running in the coming months after the government’s signature legislation passed parliament.
The Senate passed the legislation on Tuesday with amendments that beefed up the powers of the inspector who provides oversight of the commission.
The amendments were ticked off in the lower house on Wednesday with multi-party support.
Crossbenchers failed in their attempts to lower the threshold for public hearings to be held, arguing there needed to be transparency about what was being investigated.
The opposition and government teamed up to keep the “exceptional circumstances” test before a public hearing could be held….