Senator DUNIAM (Tasmania—Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries and Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism) (12:36): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator DUNIAM: The Commonwealth Integrity Commission will have both the resources and the power that it needs to investigate allegations of criminal conduct that could occur across the public sector. The government is keenly aware that many people's lives have been damaged actually, irretrievably and unfairly through being effectively denied procedural fairness through the failings of state anticorruption bodies. The CIC will have extensive powers to compel information and hold compulsory hearings so they can thoroughly investigate allegations of criminal corrupt conduct. Courts, with their well-established procedures to protect individuals' rights, are best placed to determine criminality, not investigative bodies. The Senate divided. [12:41] (The President—Senator Parry) The PRESIDENT: The question is that motion No. 397 be agreed to. The division was unavail able at the time of publishing. Question agreed to.