Image by OpenIcons from Pixabay Bear with me folks. I have been struggling for a week now trying to find effective ways to tackle corruption. Unfortunately, great examples have been few and far between. Many middle level democracies such as Australia appear to be having the same problem. Our governments may have ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption and have even put in place some mechanisms to achieve them such as Freedom Of Information laws and transparency and accountability requirements, yet in practice, corruption flourishes unchecked, especially those which involve the government itself. In Australia’s case there have been 800 + recorded instances of corruption over the last seven years ranging from biased grants, ‘fast tracking” of contracts for generous donors without due regard for the environment, using the public purse for their own purposes, agency capture, state capture , undue influence, 'revolving doors' unfair allocation of government contra...
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