Mick Wallace: If Shatter and Callinan stay, our parliament is a sham

We can no longer trust in Alan Shatter to fulfil his ministerial role, writes Mick Wallace.

JUSTICE Minister Alan Shatter’s handling of the recent GSOC bugging, penalty points, and whistleblower controversies that have arisen throughout this Government’s tenure has been weak, ineffective, and indecisive.

Decisions are motivated by his own political survival rather than his ministerial responsibilities. As a result of this failure to deal cleanly and openly with the issues at the outset and to face them head-on, we can no longer trust in his ability to fulfil his ministerial role.