'Weak and defective': Judge warns against PM's anti-corruption plan

By Adam Gartrell, Political Correspondent
Updated January 17 2018 - 3:23pm, first published 3:18pm
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney, Monday, January 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club in Sydney, Monday, January 1, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
28 June 2012.  AFR.  IBAC interim chief Ron Bonighton.
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28 June 2012. AFR. IBAC interim chief Ron Bonighton. Photograph by Arsineh Houspian. +(61) 401 320 173. arsineh@arsineh.com Ron Bonighton01.jpg

A judge who helped design Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog says it remains weak and defective, and has warned Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull not to adopt it as the model for any federal corruption body.

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