John :au: :60: :05: :12: :GP:<p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> slam ‘backroom’ deal on <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ethicscommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethicscommittee</span></a> appointments: ‘Like letting the fox guard the henhouse’</p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/EllenSandell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EllenSandell</span></a> says:</p><p>“This so-called ethics committee will be the only joint committee in the entire parliament with no <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/crossbench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crossbench</span></a> representatives, controlled by the two parties with the longest track record of rorts. </p><p>It’s a calculated move so <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> & <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> MPs can keep writing their own rules around MP behaviour, & avoid any <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/scrutiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scrutiny</span></a>. “ <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>