Not merely will it pose no threat to bent politicians, it may even help crooked ministers evade scrutiny.
From the moment of its announcement nearly two years ago, the purported Commonwealth Integrity Commission was rightly seen as an effort by the Morrison government to address pressure for a genuine federal integrity body without establishing anything that would seriously threaten the ability of ministers to rort grants and look after mates.
Just as with the banking royal commission, which the Turnbull government repeatedly tried to…
