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Last week, Gladys Berejiklian resigned as Premier of NSW and as the MP for Willoughby following news that the NSW #ICAC will hold an investigation involving her. The public reaction has been strong and has prompted a backlash against the NSW #ICAC. 2/24

Wentworth MP, Dave Sharma tweeted that he would "prefer it if the voting public decided the fate of Premiers".

Barnaby Joyce compared the ICAC to the "Spanish Inquisition”.

Scott Morrison points to her resignation as a reason not to introduce a NSW-style Federal ICAC.

National #Integrity Commission update!

In Feb, we spoke with His Honour Anthony Whealy QC and Federal Independent for Indi @helenhainesindi. Watch that discussion here:

We caught up with Anthony again last week for an update: . The Gmt committed to introduce a #FederalICAC in 2018 and again in 2019 prior to the last federal election. But:

❌ no Gmt bill has yet been tabled in the federal parliament;
❌ the Gmt has made no allowance in the recent federal budget for implementing an integrity body; and

Our next Town Hall is on Thursday 25 March at The Corner House in Bondi. We’ll be discussing the issue of #MediaConcentration in Australia and whether it is a threat to our #Democracy #auspol

fb.me/e/3hFm4sOq7 @jamesmathison will moderate our expert panel : @lenoretaylor, Editor of @GuardianAus; Emma Cowdroy, CEO of AAP; Associate Professor Benedetta Brevini of @Sydney_Uni #auspol #Democracy #Media

@DaveSharma handing out flowers on #IWD2021. Intentions may have been good but unfortunately the reaction to his tweet demonstrates that he is simply not in touch with #WentworthWomen and does not understand the seriousness of the issues #auspol

theguardian.com/world/2021/mar… To many, this feels like a trivialising, belittling and tone-deaf response to a watershed moment for women in Australia. For #Wentworth voters it is a national embarrassment. #EnoughIsEnough

@DaveSharma misses the point. The entire world has just witnessed a shocking attack on #democracy. All the #freespeech noise is deflecting focus from the far more important discussion about the staging of a violent coup by the #POTUS #auspol
smh.com.au/national/twitt… Trump has not been stripped of his political voice or silenced. He has access to a press agency and the world’s media. He has fallen into his own trap. By dismissing traditional media outlets as “fake news” he has voluntarily limited his own options.