In a submission to the parliamentary committee, McClintock said these recommendations defeat the purpose of exposing corruption, while exonerating people whose conduct was found to be corrupt reveals "a misunderstanding of ICAC's role, its purpose, the Act itself and, indeed, of our criminal justice system".
"If you've been found to be corrupt, you should not be able to hold titles like 'the honourable' when clearly you are not and you shouldn't be part of an Order of Australia which is reserved for our very best," he said.
Anyone who fails or is found to be corrupt, they say, loses his job.Mr Modi's approach seems to be working in Gujarat, but such an autocratic style would be difficult to apply at the national level, especially in an era of coalition government.
So, if one of the two major political parties nominates a candidate who, after the primary election, is generally found to be corrupt, thought to have betrayed the public trust and sold his office for the price of a Rolex and a dozen handmade suits, the party can replace that candidate as long as the party is willing to pay for the new ballots.
True, money can "buy" an educated person, but if there is a free press that can uncover corruption and the rule of law to provide a framework for punishing those found to be corrupt, people may be less inclined to allow themselves to be compromised.
Every funding scandal, every politician found to be corrupt, adds more wind to these parties' sails.
