Crossbench senators consider throwing a spanner in lobbying revolving door

By Mario Christodoulou and Patrick Begley
Updated October 16 2017 - 12:03am, first published October 15 2017 - 8:17pm
Senator Derryn Hinch in Parliament House Canberra on Tuesday 20 June 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
Senator Derryn Hinch in Parliament House Canberra on Tuesday 20 June 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

Crossbench senators are discussing the biggest clampdown on federal lobbying in a decade, including five-year bans on former government ministers working as lobbyists and the creation of a new "integrity commissioner".

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