Float it and see: Outgoing Liberal calls for imperfect federal integrity commission – Sydney Morning Herald

Otherwise their word on how theyll vote in parliament lacks any integrity, he said.

Liberal MPs Dave Sharma, Jason Falinski and Celia Hammond did not respond to a request for comment, as independent challengers warned concerns over the prime ministers refusal to commit to a federal corruption watchdog will drive voters away from the governments former strongholds.

Daniel said only climate change was more important to voters in Goldstein than integrity, and abandoning plans for a national corruption watchdog would spell bad news for the Coalition.

If theres one underlying theme when I talk to people, it is that they feel misled and disillusioned, and that promises are made and not delivered, she said. The prime minister is taking a great risk by not listening to those people.

Sophie Scamps, the independent challenging in the Sydney electorate of Mackellar, said voters had the same priorities in her electorate on the northern beaches of Sydney.

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People are just fed up, Scamps said. The issue of integrity, and climate change, is why there are so many independents standing up.

Morrison pledged ahead of the 2019 election to create a Commonwealth Integrity Commission and last year released a draft law for public comment. It was widely criticised for lacking teeth and being overly secretive and a bill was never tabled for a debate.

Steggall said Morrisons refusal would reinforce his very low popularity in Warringah, also on the northern beaches, because people wanted politicians to tackle issues beyond the short-term news cycle.

My surveys and polling have consistently shown over the last three years that the number one issue for Warringah is climate and environment, and then number two is integrity, and then only third comes economy, she said.

The Resolve Political Monitor, commissioned by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, in February showed 71 per cent of Coalition voters were in favour of a Commonwealth integrity commission.

Allegra Spender and Kylea Tink, the independent candidates for Wentworth and North Sydney respectively, said a federal integrity commission with teeth was one of their top priorities.

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