For the first time, Australia is not in the top 10 cleanest countries in Transparency International’s corruption perception index. It’s not surprising that Australia has slipped. Barely a day goes by without newspaper reports of corruption – in political parties, trade unions, sports bodies, companies.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/australias-slide-into-corruption-must-be-stopped-20141204-11zso4.html

With nearly all member of parliament rorting the property market with negative gearing and capital gains exemptions, while keeping the rorts in place and destroying our economy in the process – is it any wonder? Not to mention all the public pork money for infrastructure projects, healthcare and education which is funnelled into private hands – like Tony Abbott’s medical research fund, designed solely to sift taxpayer money to big pharma in the US.