Don, thanks for that response. I appreciate the point about admissible evidence from the ICAC being used in a different jurisdiction. But in the same way they got Al Capone on tax fraud there is enough admissible evidence available to prosecute Obeid et al for tax evasion (the dodgy trusts for example) and for perjury. I suspect the reluctance stems more from politics than law.

I agree that self interest rules when it comes to the electoral system. But there are some encouraging signs, the most obvious being that neither Tweedle dee nor Tweedle dum can muster a majority in the Senate which gives the smaller parties a big bargaining chip on electoral reform as part of the price for their support on other issues. I also have the sense that the public are alert to the dysfunctional nature of the present system. It's not rocket science to see that someone with ca1% of the primary vote gets elected because of the manipulation of the preference system and we are stuck with them for six years. Steve Fielding was only one such example; Ricky Muir is another.

Unfortunately, Australia is an incredibly conservative country in so many ways, preferring its mythology to reality, that I am not holding my breath for action any time soon.

really good to see that moral relativism is now exposed for the hopelessly flawed secular humanist doctrine that it is. Maybe just maybe some of our academia will come to the conclusion that private philosophy does seep into public performance. Then again it just might mean they have to look at their own weaknesses. Obviously the failure to teach right and wrong in the home, in the schools and definetly in higher education is producing the obvious fruit.The more secular we have become the more corrupt. Inconvenient truth.

Don - What happened to "honesty", "pride" and "integrity" from those persons who seek election to Parliament as representatives of "us" - as a nation - a simple question from a fellow voter following proceedings in ICAC being truly disappointed with continued allegations of corruption from "trusted" persons.