Scott Morrison’s reported links to UK defence job shows lobbying reforms needed, integrity experts say

The situation posed by the former prime minister’s potential Aukus-related job has reignited discussion over what some experts call effectively ‘toothless tiger’ codes

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Integrity experts say Scott Morrison’s reported links to an Aukus-related job in the UK defence industry show the pressing need for reforms to guard against the revolving door between government and industry.

The Nine newspapers on Tuesday reported Morrison had been “sounded out” by a UK defence firm and that that his associates were in “talks with corporations interested in the former prime minister’s Aukus insights”.

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