Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled the national anti-corruption commission (ACCC) amid warnings from the opposition that sweeping powers could result in a “show trial.” Having cleared the bill at the party caucus on Tuesday, the Labor government will pour in $262 million (US$170 million) over four years to establish and operate the Commission, which will have broad jurisdiction to investigate “serious or systemic” corruption across the federal public sector.  
Allegations of corrupt conduct by ministers, parliamentarians and their staff, statutory officer holders, employees of all government entities and government contractors will be under the microscope, with no limit to how far back in time it is.  …