FORMER attorney-general Mark Dreyfus, retired Liberal backbencher Judi Moylan and Labor's Melissa Parke have been honoured with awards for integrity in politics at a ceremony in Canberra.
The three were chosen from a field of 16 federal parliamentarians, with the awards recognising honesty, civility, independence and courage in politics.
Mr Dreyfus was presented the Button award for frontbenchers, named after longtime Labor senator and minister John Button, who was noted for his honesty and candour.
Ms Moylan and Ms Parke were awarded the Missen Award for backbenchers, in honour of the famously independent-minded Liberal senator Alan Missen, who voted against his own party 41 times.
The awards, for work in the previous parliament, were presented by transparency group the Accountability Roundtable.
Chair of the Roundtable Tim Smith QC praised Mr Dreyfus for his "outstanding commitment to serve the public interest", citing as achievements his central role in the passage of whistleblower protections and changes to the sexual discrimination act.
The former Labor government minister said he was proud to receive the Button reward, named after someone who had been a great figure in his life, someone he knew well and who had encouraged him to enter federal politics.
"I feel supported in all of the work that I've done, and it's good to have the work acknowledged," Mr Dreyfus said.
Ms Moylan, who retired at the September election and had her own reputation for crossing the floor, was honoured for, among many things, her advocacy of the rights of asylum seekers.
"In the 43rd parliament she ... sought to hold the government to account and to change policies of both government and opposition in a number of areas," Mr Smith said.
"In particular, she continued her attempts to depoliticise and change the policies of the government and the opposition in relation to asylum seekers."
Fremantle MP Ms Parke was honoured for her work on human rights and international relations, and for her role as chair of a federal committee overseeing the transparency of law enforcement bodies such as the Australian Federal Police and Customs.
"Her contribution to debate and deliberations on policy within and outside parliament on significant world and domestic matters at times challenged the government's position and administration of policy," Mr Smith said.
"Matters have included the treatment of asylum seekers, the rights of children, minorities and indigenous people, and issues of people trafficking, gene patents, animal welfare and the death penalty."
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