In news that could really shake up the halls of power in Canberra, Bill Shorten is putting the pressure on Scott Morrison and the coalition to establish a federal anti-corruption watchdog in the final parliamentary sitting weeks of 2018, unless the government agrees to a bipartisan deal. Labor and the Greens have long supported the establishment of a watchdog which would expose serious corruption and possibly lead to the criminal prosecution of politicians.

So how realistic is it that we may have such a commission to keep our politicians accountable in the near future? We pondered the issue with Associate Professor of Government and International relations  Michael Hogan from the University of Sydney.