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AS far as I can determine there is still no code of conduct for parliamentarians.
I am a former banker (with one of the major four) and a code of conduct was brought to my attention from the day I commenced work.
As I progressed through the ranks I was appointed to a position where I was responsible for administering the investigations into staff who had potentially breached the code of conduct.
When an employee had, say, misappropriated funds from the bank or had engaged in potential criminal activities outside the bank, the employee would generally be suspended from duty until the investigation had been concluded and the result determined.
Where the employee was found guilty, dismissal from the bank's service was automatic with remunerations such as long service leave withheld.
The investigation would then be handed over to the police for them to determine if charges should proceed.
The bank's code of conduct was simple and easy to administer.
Surely those parliamentarians elected by constituents need a code of conduct that may play on their minds, rather than continue to await the outcome of the commission into corruption?
If a code of conduct was to be introduced into our state and federal parliaments, there would still need to be an external authority outside the parliament to carry out the investigation.
I hold my breath awaiting the introduction of a code of conduct.
- Bob Starling, Wangi Wangi