Sorry you are not telling fibs again are you?
QLD police commisioner ?
forgot that and the whole Fitzgerald report?
Must be hard even with Murdock on side there is a chance Australia will not trust tiny Tony.

Belly,

It is really sad that you have to go back 3 decades to find anything against a liberal government.

I can go back to recent months to find Labor criminal behavior in several states and at federal level.

Belly
I agree that any profits and largesse gained through corrupt dealings should be taken back by the State and put into general revenue. One can only assume Obeid and Macdonald etal will fall into that category if the Court decides their guilt.

Liberals are not performing too well in terms of accountability at present. QLD and NSW recently had to boot out or reprimand MPs who were using their office for corrupt purpose and/or poor behaviour. But at least O'Farrell did finally suspend whatshisface from his role after pressure came to bear and, I am sure, in light of the ICAC findings. Better to be seen as a clean slate.

Also the misuse of government power to go after a High Court Judge including the forging of official documents led to a Liberal Senator being censured by the Senate but no other repercussions. Politicians should not be able to use parliamentary privilege to do bad things for political gain especially when it has tragic consequences. Then there was AWB, children overboard etc.

Both sides of politics lie. Seeing politics as a sport or about winning at all costs or as Graeme Richardson penned 'Whatever it Takes' is endemic in Australian politics. It is as bad among many strident voters as it is among the politicians.

I think this sort of corruption has always been present and there is much that the public does not know - how much has slipped under the radar. How many politicians and senior public servants have benefited from their dealings with the private sector later on with job offers and board positions?

That is why it is essential for better governance with a tighter legislative framework and better oversight to stem the flow of corruption. Better whistleblower protections would help as well.

No side of politics is clean on this but as always it tends to be the few that taint the 90% who don't rort the system. (I hope it is only 90%)

That last sentence should have read "I hope it is only 10%".

If 90% rort then the system is really in trouble. :/

I too hope it is no more than 10 percent Pelican.
And too hope the emerging list of recent Liberal wrongs is being watched by other than SM, who without doubt would hide them.

Well we got all over the track in this thread.
So just to be clear I vote Labor, always.
And it is my view if we took *every cent from all in the NSW FILTH*
And gave each life without parole it would not be enough.
No trouble for me from the Lib/Nats there, but bet not one of them will ever say that about one of theirs!
That is evidenced by 8 years of requesting their sides faults be put on display here.
Unanswered!