An indirect but disparaging reference to...

An indirect but disparaging reference to Morrison.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/02/nsw-icac-chief-defends-agency-after-scott-morrison-criticised-its-powers-and-investigations

NSW Icac chief defends agency after Scott Morrison criticised its powers and investigations

Critics who labelled the New South Wales anti-corruption watchdog as a “kangaroo court” – a phrase used by the prime minister in his criticisms of the agency – were “buffoons” who were launching unfounded attacks, a parliamentary committee has heard.

Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) commissioner Stephen Rushton told a parliamentary review that references to the body as a “kangaroo court” weren’t just misleading but were also untrue.

People who made those comments were “buffoons”, he told the review into the annual reports of the Icac and the Inspector of the Icac.

Rushton said the Icac had been in place for more than 30 years, exposing corruption and maintaining trust in public administration.

“To those buffoons who have repeatedly described this commission as a kangaroo court, I would say three things,” he said.

“First, it is deeply offensive to the hard-working staff of the commission. It undermines the institution. Second, there are vast differences between the functions of the commission and a court.

“Those differences are readily accessible, and there has been much written about those vast differences. To describe us as a kangaroo court is not just misleading, but untrue.” ...