To the National Integrity Commissioner,

Per Section 42 of the National Integrity Commission (Time for an ICAC) Act 2020, I wish to refer to you potential information that relates to a corruption issue.

I believe recent acts, which I have referred to the Australian Federal Police, relating to the sending of text messages by former Deputy Prime Minister 12MaxWild to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern raise serious issues of potential corruption.

In threatening Ms Ardern to sign the CANZUK deal at risk of tariffs being placed on her nation, I believe that 12MaxWild has engaged in blackmail, and potentially official misconduct, and therefore 12MaxWild is, in my view, likely to have engaged in corrupt conduct. This raises a deeply concerning corruption issue.

It is likely, in my view, that this blackmail was also committed with the intent of political gain for his own political party, which had strongly advocated for the signing of the CANZUK deal, and 12MaxWild himself has publicly stated his "strong support for CANZUK", and opposition to the CANZIRES deal on Twitter. If the blackmail attempt had been successful, it likely would have resulted in significant personal and career benefits for 12MaxWild.

I urge you to investigate this corruption issue with the utmost urgency.

Warmest regards,

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Attorney-General and Gippsland-based Senator